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coca p.C1Kwiziq community member

'pas question de lui emprunter de l'argent' and 'il a des oursins dans le porte-monnaie' I think they have opposite meanings. I don't quite understand

Asked 7 years ago

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Teagan W.C1Kwiziq community member

Ce que versus ce dont

The question I'm looking at says "Tu ne veux pas savoir ________ je pense de ton costume" and the correct answer indicated is "ce que." However, because it's "... _______ je pense DE" shouldn't it be "ce dont?"

Similar examples would be:

"Tu sais ce dont je suis capable."

"C'est ce dont j'ai peur."

"Je ne sais pas à quoi tu penses." (This is 'penser à' instead of 'penser de')

What am I missing here?

Asked 4 years ago

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Tahani G.A0Kwiziq community member

En ou à

Hi,

When I am talking about myself and where I live, ,,

What shall I use (à or en)

And also what are the differences between both words

Thank you so much

Asked 6 years ago

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Tanusree P.A0Kwiziq community member

What is the difference between è,andé

Asked 7 years ago

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Gwen S.B2Kwiziq community member

if only is "ne...que", what's not only?

e.g.) not only is it sweet, it's also sour!

Asked 6 years ago

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Bharath T.A0Kwiziq community member

‘De’ instead comes ‘to’ why when????

Example:je décide de pratiquer in English I decide to practice and I try to attend in French j’essaye d’assister. Why to remplace by ‘de’ ????

Asked 6 years ago

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Sara P.C1Kwiziq community member

Could i say bientôt instead of d'ici peu?

Asked 7 years ago

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Shrey R.A1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

An exceptional case

Bonjour Madame !

I have carefully read the green box which states that when y pronoun comes after ER verbs in tu form in L’Impératif , then the dropped-out s is recovered.

But for the verbs like ouvrir, couvrir , offrir , découvrir which though are “IR” verbs but are conjugated like “ER” verbs , will this case persist for them also ?

If so please provide a few examples to illustrate the same.

Bonne journée !

Asked 7 years ago

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Ariana N.A1Kwiziq community member

A l’air libre

I looked on Wiktionary and the expression ´a l’air livré means out in the open’. When I typed a l’air libre ‘ on the test, the correct answer was a la belle étoile

Asked 4 years ago

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D. K.C1Kwiziq community member

Un bâton dans “l’air.”...deux bâtons dans “les airs”? Expliquez pourquoi on dit “les airs”, s’il vous plaît.

Pourriez-vous donner autre exemples de cette règle?

Asked 7 years ago

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