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D. V.C1Kwiziq community member

Je m'attendais à ce que tu me demandes en mariage.According to the lesson as I understand it, this has a negative connotation. As in, I was afraid/nervous/apprehensive you would ask me to marry you. Do I have that right? Also, if one wanted to say, “I was waiting (with excitement) for you to ask me to marry you”, would it be J'attendais que tu me demandes en marriage.?

Asked 8 years ago

Georgia C.A1Kwiziq community member

en, dans le or au for states, regions and countiesIn the section where you explain about the difference between using en or dans le for states, regions and counties. You say that en is feminine and dans le is masculine. You give some examples of where to use au instead: au texas, au nouveau Mexique, au Québec. But I have had two questions in a row where I was asked what to put for Merseyside and Sussex. Going by the information you provided I put dans le (as they are masculine). I was marked wrong and told the answer was au. Could you please provide the examples of the English counties that use au instead of dans le. Thank you.

Asked 6 years ago

Sami Z.A1Kwiziq community member

Je suis un professeur d'anglais. Ma femme est docteur.

Corrigez-moi . S'il vous plaît, Prof.

Asked 7 years ago

Andrea N.B2Kwiziq community member

Is the following grammatical?

In order to say, "i prefer our houses to theirs" is it acceptable to say, "Je préfère nos maisons à les leurs ." ?

As an aside, I found it so easy to add accents in this new format. It is a super improvement indeed!

Asked 6 years ago

D. G.A2Kwiziq community member

Est-ce qu'on peut lire les leçons de ''français'', ''en français''?

Je constate que tout les leçons de Français sont en anglais. J'ai entendu que c'est mieux d'apprendre un langue dans le même langue.

Cest-tu possible d'avoir les leçons écrit en français? Selon moi ça serait utile pour tout le monde.

Merci :)

Asked 7 years ago

Lise L.A2Kwiziq community member

I was taught (in both English-taught French classes and by French-speaking people) that the use of 'on' for 'we' was very colloquial and borderline bad grammar. I was baffled by the construction of the sentence using 'we' in English. I'm annoyed to be classified as 'lower intermediate' when I am considerably more advanced than that, even if I'm out of practice. I need to practice, but won't get much if I'm getting questions at this level and being challenged only by a confusing usage.

Asked 5 years ago

diana b.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Peu importe où vous emmène votre Mazda,I gather this means "doesn't matter where your mazda takes you", but I don't understand the structure. Here's another example- "le pays oû vous emmène l'histoire"- The place where the story takes you. Is there a lesson on this somewhere? thanks

Asked 7 years ago

HELENA W.A1Kwiziq community member

Julie veut du chocolat

In the mini quiz after the lesson on Du, I translated this sentence as “Julie wants some chocolate”. The lesson on “du” clearly stated this to mean “some”. Why was I marked as not correct? The answer was given as “Julie wants chocolate”. If this translation is the preferred one why is it not taught in the relevant lesson?

Asked 4 years ago

J B.A1Kwiziq community member

why not Olivier arrive á la piscine

Asked 7 years ago

Frank C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Pot vs. BocalWhy is bocal not acceptable for jar ?

Asked 4 years ago

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