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Cristiane B.A1Kwiziq community member

Je mange des frites. J'adore manger des ananas. J'ai mangé du poison. Est-ce que c'es bon?

Asked 9 years ago

Cade B.A2Kwiziq community member

"on" vs "tu" and "vous" for you"I have been taking the writing challenge to test it out for future use with my students. I notice that when translating a 'you' statement the correct responses never include the option for using 'tu' or 'vous' and instead rely on using only 'on'. I understand the benefit of teaching the impersonal 'on' but feel that the 'tu' and 'vous' versions of the sentence should also be counted as correct. The 'on' pronoun in my understanding of spoken French is more commonly used as 'we' though it of course can be interpreted in many ways. I wonder if requiring it to be the only translation accepted for a 'you' statement might be leading the students toward a misunderstanding of the pronoun. Thanks for listening! I love the product so far."

Asked 7 years ago

Steve O.C1Kwiziq community member

Choice of infinitive for "We have just finished...."Why is "Nous venons de terminer....." considered an incorrect answer while "Nous venons de finir....." is listed as the correct answer? In other lessons "terminer" is used to mean "finished"? Thanks.

Asked 7 years ago

James W.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

why is "jai les cheveux longs et ondulés" not feminine since it's a girl talking?

Asked 4 years ago

佳欣鮑.B1Kwiziq community member

Company in French

Isn’t company “entreprise”? Thank you for answering.

Asked 5 years ago

Don G.A2Kwiziq community member

need a reminder of how to conjugate jouer

Asked 9 years ago

Julie E.C1Kwiziq community member

De nombreuse/nombreux How does this differ from "beaucoup de"?

Asked 8 years ago

Johnny L.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

des maux de têteMaux is the plural of mal? When do we use maux instead of mal? I thought headache is mal à la tête. How come à/aux is not even in the sentence? Thanks.

Asked 8 years ago

Herb C.C1Kwiziq community member

Près and Proche

I have not seen this one addressed elsewhere, so I will post it and see if there is any advice. In all the exercises so far, "près de" is used. I am in Quebec and have been using "proche de", which seems to be commonly used.

So - the question: is there some subtle differences in the use of "près" or "proche" which I should learn?

Asked 3 years ago

sukanya l.A0Kwiziq community member

how do I say I am excited for something in french

Asked 8 years ago

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