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Kalliopi K.A1KwizIQ community member

Hong Kong begin with H. In the exercise is written with ..DE Why don't we write ...d' Hong Kong

Merci

Asked 6 years ago

Liz H.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

They kept quiet about

Elles ont tu la raison ... where is the word about in this sentence? Thanks for your help.

Asked 6 years ago

Frank C.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Imperfect vs. Passé Composé Often a problem! I had two different rationales for determining the tense in the first sentence, i.e. "I've never had glasses before." My first thought was that the word 'avant' suggested passé composé, i.e. referring to an event in the past. Upon further consideration, the fact that glasses were not worn in the past seemed to me to be a continuing action, i.e. not wearing glasses over an extended period of time, and therefore called for the imperfect tense. I talked myself out of the first choice and opted for the second, which turned out to be a mistake. Why is the second rationale wrong?

Asked 2 years ago

Paul F.C1KwizIQ Q&A super contributor

I am confused by why is it "une amélioration DU sommeil", but "un gain D'énergie et DE concentration" in this exercise.

Asked 7 years ago

Dipali K.A1KwizIQ community member

Indirect object

I don't understand how to use indirect object?

Asked 6 years ago

Leo W.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Il y a des petites rues, et de jolies maisons blanches.

Hi, I saw the sentence above in a book.

Why it's not de petites rues ?!

I thought when we have an adjective that comes before a noun, we should use de ! like de jolies maisons

Help please.

Asked 5 years ago

Caner A.C1KwizIQ community member

Dans la phrase "le Centre fit l'objet de travaux de rénovation", pourquoi ne peut-on pas utiliser "subir une rénovation"?

Asked 7 years ago

Eilleen W.A1KwizIQ community member

The "au"of the "Vous faites des gâteaux au chocolat""Vous faites des gâteaux au chocolat" What does the "au"here mean? I know that "au"means to the (à le) but it makes no sense here. What does it mean?

Asked 6 years ago

Ann H.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

l'année où Hitler est né....that would be a precise time an action took place, right? The lesson confirms that such a date would be an, not année.

Asked 7 years ago

Maarten K.C1KwizIQ Q&A super contributor

Collectionner versus ramasser

Follow up of a question from Sally ~ 1 year ago.

In the context of the 'story' the mermaid is resting on the beach at sunset and 'also likes to collect seashells'. For me, the first interpretation that comes to mind from this is 'I gather shells' not 'I am a collector of shells'. Currently ramasser is being 'corrected' to collectionner - « ramasser des coquillages » is not given as an option.

The discussion below, Larousse definitions, and the use of "collectionner les", all indicate that 'collectionner' is more specific to 'being done by a collector' than just gathering. I don't think 'collectionner' is the best choice here as, without other context, the majority of beach walkers 'collecting' shells are not 'collectors' of seashells. Regardless of that, ramasser is definitely an acceptable interpretation in this context. And in that case 'ramasser des coquillages'. Can it be added?

Asked 5 years ago

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