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Heather W.C1Kwiziq community member

What tense?

Après qu’il fut parti, tu détruisis toutes ses affaires.

What tense is “il fut parti”? It appears to be a compound tense with the auxiliary verb in passé simple.

Asked 5 years ago

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Gregory S.C1Kwiziq community member

Agreement of past particple with avoir auxillary

There might be an error on a test I just took. The question as written is "Ma mère nous a récompensés pour nous être comportés... The sentence as given shows an agreement between the past participle of récompenser, and the auxilliary, avoir. Is this correct? My instincts say "Non", but perhaps I'm missing something.

Asked 6 years ago

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Shoji M.C1Kwiziq community member

Ce à quoi - relative clause?

In the explanation of this lesson page, there is a N/B:

ATTENTION: you cannot use preposition + quoi, either for living or non-living things. Only the options above are correct in French.

However, I have found a sentence «C'est ce à quoi je pensais» - is this not an example of 'preposition + quoi' ?

Asked 2 years ago

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Craig R.C1Kwiziq community member

Is "Je ne quitte pas la France depuis trois ans" the correct translation for "I haven't left France for three years"?

Asked 6 years ago

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Mark P.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Time is different!

Just spotted something.. the usual way by getting it wrong but looks the required format is

IJe suis resté là de huit heures à onze heures. I stayed there from eight to eleven.. I put "de huit à onze heures", missing the "heures".. as you would do for months etc.. this seems unique to time and might be worth pointing out in the leçon.. if it isn't already!

Asked 4 years ago

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Scott N.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Agreement with "Faire + L'Infinitif = to have something done (causative)"

Does the past tense structure require agreement? For example, I can say:

"Il s'est fait couper les cheveux."

Would I also say:

"Elle s'est faite couper les cheveux."

I'm asking because I answered one of the test questions as "Je me suis faite brosser les cheveux" but it was marked wrong.

thanks, Scott

Asked 5 years ago

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David C.B1Kwiziq community member

J'ai encore des cadeaux à acheter. Why à acheter?J'ai encore des cadeaux à acheter. I still have presents to buy.
Why is it à acheter?
I would say "de acheter". Is this also okay?

Asked 6 years ago

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David C.B1Kwiziq community member

viendrons à vs irons à?

Nous viendrons à ta soirée.

Nous irons à ta soirée.

What would be the difference in meaning between these two sentences?

Asked 6 years ago

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T. T.C1Kwiziq community member

fois et multiplié par

Bonjour,

Can fois and multiplié be interchangeable?

I couldn't see the difference between them...

Merci beaucoup

Asked 5 years ago

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nicole r.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

whats the difference between veux and avoir besoin de

hi,

I was wondering whats the difference between using the verb Je veux and J'ai besoin de nouvelle voiture? I thought that it can mean the same thing when using Je veux nouvelle voiture.

thanks

nicole

Asked 3 years ago

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