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Carl C.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

mettrais or se mettraisI just did an exercise "my ideal day." I was asked to put into French "I would put on my favorite dress." I wrote "Je me mettrais ma robe preferee." (missing accents) The correction was "Je mettrais ma robe preferee." Shouldn't "put on" be a reflexive verb? I put it on myself.

Asked 8 years ago

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Shrey R.A1KwizIQ Q&A super contributor

Small addition in the lesson

Bonjour Kwiziq Experts !

A rule from the lesson states-

Adverbial pronouns en/y are placed after moi/toi/lui/nous/vous/leur and moi/toi become m' and t’

Can it be elaborated by using the following- en/ y are placed after moi/toi/lui/l’/nous/vous/leur/les.

Accompagne-l’y ! -> Accompany him there ! (Here, l’ is a direct object which is better as compared to lui)

Conduis-les-y ! -> Drive them there ! (Here too, les is a direct object used instead of leur)

Just curious to know whether direct object too satisfy this rule or only indirect object pronouns could be used before en/y .

Merci encore !

Asked 7 years ago

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Phil J.A2KwizIQ community member

Hello, I don't see any reference to "Il y a" so just to check. Can you say: "In n'y a plus de pommes?"

ou avec "exister"

"Il n'existe plus de chocolat?

Sorry, I pressed enter on previous question, please ignore.

Asked 7 years ago

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Beth D.A0KwizIQ community member

Use of vous

In a phrase like vous vous appelez, why is vous repeated twice

Asked 5 years ago

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Raleigh T.A1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

No Prepositions after Regarder and Attendre

I quote: "Note that quite a few verbs, such as regarder and attendre, are used without prepositions in French, i.e., regarder [x] [quelqu'un]; attendre [x] [quelqu'un], whereas they have one in English (i.e., to look at [someone], to wait for [someone]." (For English speakers, an easy way to remember that we don't put an "a" after regarder and attendre is to consider these words translatable as "watch" and "await" which similarly, in English, do not require a preposition.)

Asked 5 years ago

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Robert S.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

The following link was sent to me which includes a longer explanation of verbes transitive Indirecthttps://www.conjugaisonfrancaise.com/verbes/liste-verbes-transitifs-indirects.html

Asked 7 years ago

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Fahad A.C1KwizIQ community member

unworn clothing

If I am talking about clothing that I own, but am not currently wearing, do I still use the definite article?

For example “La veste est sur le canapé” or “Ma veste est sur le canapé” ?

Asked 7 years ago

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