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Madeline S.A2Kwiziq community member

I was always taught that "ne...plus" meant "no more" or "no longer". Therefore to say one has "no milk" is would be a simple negation vs. "ne..plus"

Asked 6 years ago

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S. N.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

I just did a quiz that says “Ils partent leur travail à 19h“ is wrong & “Ils quittent leur travail à 19h” is the correct answer. Can someone please explain why this is so? I can’t see why “partent” is wrong given what the lesson content says.

Asked 6 years ago

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N. M.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

verb subject order

In the text it says:

que consommait la population pauvre de Bretagne

The translation says:

that Brittany's poor population used to eat.

The French seems to say:

that was eaten the poor population of Brittany

If the English translation is right, then the population is the subject in which case the verb subject order should be different, or, the French actually says "that was eaten by the poor population of Brittany" and so it should say

que consommait par la population pauvre ...

Asked 5 years ago

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Claude V.B2Kwiziq community member

How to say to hurt someone

I was asked to write "she's going to hurt him" and I answered "Elle va faire mal a lui" (accent on a). This was scored incorrect, with a proper answer of "Elle va lui faire du mal". Given that there was no way for me to know whether whe was going to hurt him physically or emotionally, I believe my answer was correct. If not, why?

Asked 4 years ago

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Vanessa B.C1Kwiziq community member

Why is friandises plural?

In the vocabulaire d'Halloween, https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/learn/theme/1201689, Trick or treat is given as "Farce ou friandise" but in the dictée the term is "Farce ou friandises". Why is treat pluralised but trick is not?

Asked 6 years ago

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N. Hilary (Shamrockhill) W.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Silent "H" in French as opposed to "H" that is pronounced.

In the short video, the examples of a "le haricot" as an aspirated "H" and "l'hotel" as a silent "H" are given. I really cannot hear a difference. It seems to me that "Haricot" is pronounced as "aricot" without an unaspirated "H". The same for "La hache". At least, they are not pronounced as we pronounce an "H" in the English "Help" for example. So, that's what I am asking for, some "Help".

Asked 4 years ago

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Bill A.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

That day you kept your word - test questionHello, based on the lesson, it would appear that an article or a possessive adjective is either required or at least optional but i was marked incorrect for the answer:

Ce jour-là tu as retenu la parole.

and the only accepted answer was:

Ce jour-là tu as retenu parole.

Could someone advise on why the former is incorrect? Is it idiomatic?

thanks

Asked 7 years ago

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Cher H.A2Kwiziq community member

Tu te laves toi-même! You're washing yourself! (i.e. You do it on your own!)Tu te laves toi-même!

You're washing yourself! (i.e. You do it on your own!)

I thought when it means on your own it is 'tout seul'. Is this phrase idiomatic, and doesn't necessary mean 'washing'? I am confused with i.e. you do it on your own. For example, can I use this phrase to say a kid baked a cake on his own?

Asked 6 years ago

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Jorge Z.A2Kwiziq community member

Negative form using partitive articles

According to the lesson of negative form using partitive articles: du, de la, de l' and des all become de or d' (in front of a vowel or mute h) in negative sentences using ne...pas, ne...jamais, ne...plus.

How do I know when to use ne...pas, ne...jamais or ne...plus in the negative form based on the affirmative sentence?

Asked 5 years ago

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