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Craig B.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Passé Composé instead of Imparfait

Why is the first sentence, "I've always loved school." translated in the Passé Composé instead of Imparfait: "J'ai toujours adoré l'école" ? This seems to fit the pattern of giving a description (of me in my past), and since it's "always", it doesn't seem to have a clear beginning and end in the past.

Asked 4 years ago

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Dragana E.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Qui ou Lequel

There is a

IIl veut visiter le château qui est au milieu de la forêt.

Can we use lequel ?

Still confused with lequel.

Asked 6 years ago

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Rebecca R.A2KwizIQ community member

A bit of a tangent - I thought in a sentence like "J'ai rendu visite à mon ami dimanche dernier," you would say "LE dimanche dernier?"

Asked 8 years ago

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Marsya C.B1KwizIQ community member

Alternative version with y

Verbs in -AYER, in spoken French (included written dialogue in a play for example) also accept an alternative version where the y is kept (and also pronounced differently)

How do we know which verbs accept the alternative version?

Asked 7 years ago

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mimi l.C1KwizIQ community member

I wrote "a qui" but "a laquelle" was marked correct...Why is "a qui" nearly correct and not correct when your examples show that both are correct?

Asked 8 years ago

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Brian E.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Sounding the sameIl est gentil et elle est gentille.

This is under the ‘sound different’ section, but (to me) they sound the same.

Asked 7 years ago

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Johanna S.B1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

How can you tell when poursuivre means to sue or to chase after? In some of the examples it could be either

Asked 7 years ago

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Frank C.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Les sceaux vs. les cachets

I am trying to understand the word, cachet, which I found in another exercise where it meant tablet. I thought it had an additional meaning as a kind of wax seal. Is it not appropriate in this passage as a synonym for sceau ?

Asked 5 years ago

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Beverley R.B2KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

So many questions on this topic!! t seems to me that there is so much to think about with these avoir/être issues is simply to remember the one rule.

Use etre when it's followed by a preposition and avoir when it's followed by a noun.

Asked 8 years ago

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