I feel like sometimes I've seen these used in an interchangeable manner (devoir and avoir à). What I told my students was that "devoir" also means "must", so "avoir à" needs to be used in situations where "must" doesn't fit (i.e. "You don't have to go yet." "Tu n'às pas encore à partir."). Is this correct? In what other situations do you need to use one over the other?

Asked 5 years ago

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Dino A.A1KwizIQ community member

l'or ou le doré

I used "et l'or au milieu du ...." and it was incorrect with the only correct version given being "et le doré au milieu de ..."

Why can't l'or be used here?

Asked 6 years ago

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Ian M.B1KwizIQ community member

Puis-je Prends? Hello, when asking for food, is it more correct to say 'puis- je prends" rather than puis-je avoir? Thanks

Asked 10 years ago

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Colin G.A2KwizIQ community member

Why ''s'il te plaît'' and not ''s'il tu plait'' please?

Asked 2 years ago

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Joakim R.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Allons/Allons-yCould you use just "Allons!" for "Let's go!" if there's no clear destination, or should both "Let's go!" and "Let's go there!" be translated as "Allons-y" ?

Asked 9 years ago

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Winston K.C1KwizIQ community member

About L'An/L'Année

I am trying to find some more examples about the difference between l'an/l'année and I am now confused. For example, I want to find out whether to use l'an/l'année in "I got pregnant the same year I got married." in French. Google Translates says "Je suis tombée enceinte la même année de mon mariage." and another translation software called DeepL says "Je suis tombée enceinte l'année de mon mariage."

Are these sentences correct? If so, why do we use année instead of an? Because I am very convinced an/année indicates a particular point of time here. Thanks for answering.

Asked 6 years ago

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johnnie j.A1KwizIQ community member

When to use avec ?Why in the sentence, "On ne doit pas parler la bouche pleine." is avec not used before 'la bouche pleine" ? Is there a rule to guide us on when to use or not use avec ?

Asked 9 years ago

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Joan C.A1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

In a writing practice, the translation for 'she has long blond hair' is either 'elle a de longs cheveux blonds'

or 'elle a les cheveux longs et blond'. I wonder if 2 of the following are correct also?

elle a des cheveux longs et blonds

elle a les longs cheveux blonds

Asked 7 years ago