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Vivian O.B2KwizIQ community member

Can I use "la fillette" instead of "la petite fille"?

Asked 6 years ago

T. S.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

In ‘waiting for his girlfriend’ why is there no word for ‘for’, but simply ‘attend sa petite amie”?

Asked 7 years ago

Michelle W.A1KwizIQ community member

s not silent in tous

Greetings,

In the example above, the speaker pronounces the "s" in 'tous'. What is the rule here? I am confused on the s being pronounced. The sentence is:

Vous faites tous vos devoirs?

Asked 6 years ago

Carol W.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

thes dessert that she craves- why not que?

Asked 5 years ago

Julian B.C1KwizIQ community member

More manquer confusionSorry, I'm still not understanding the difference between "Je manque d'argent pour payer mes factures." and "Il me manque deux euros pour pouvoir l'acheter." Their contexts seem identical. The lesson talks about the second construction being "impersonal" and "not mentioning a lacker" but that doesn't seem right.

What am I missing?

Asked 6 years ago

Anique R.A1KwizIQ community member

my question below: I don't understand why It cannot be both answers

Asked 7 years ago

Christian H.C1KwizIQ Q&A super contributor

"Je ne pense pas qu'il y ait de problème" vs "Je ne pense pas qu'il y ait un problème"

About "de problème" in "Je ne pense pas qu'il y ait de problème": Isn't "un problème" at least correct as well? "penser" is negated, "il y ait" is not. When googling the two versions, I get twice the number of the hits for the version with "un problème". E.g. https://onefootball.com/fr/news/thierry-henry-je-ne-pense-pas-quil-y-ait-un-probleme-elye-wahi-38557664

Asked 2 years ago

Rene S.B2KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

using c'est and ce sont instead of il est, elle est, ils sont

Les tomates... ce sont les dernières.

I am trying to understand why we are using ce sont les...

Is it because of the rule that says "c'est/ce sont" before "un, le, les, and possessive pronouns"?

Thank you.

Asked 6 years ago

Ulrike H.B2KwizIQ community member

Question regarding the endings of two colour adjectives

Why do you say 'Il a des yeux bleu clair' but 'la tenue est bleu marine', and not bleu marin?

Asked 6 years ago

Hasan D.A1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

what about the " avoir besoin de"?

what about the " avoir besoin de"?
je la besoin? or je lui besoin?

Asked 6 years ago

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