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Sumesh A.C1Kwiziq community member

Why passé composé Why not imparfait

In the sentence the weather was nice for whole week, so we should have used il faisait but you have used il a fait please explain

Asked 6 years ago

Johanna S.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Where is the associated quiz?

There is no mini quiz coming up with this lesson,

Asked 5 years ago

White L.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

PC versus Imparfait

Why is is imparfait used in this sentence? L'écureuil allait plus vite que lui... I would have considered the phrase part of the story chronology-- not background/description. Or should I "translate" it as The squirrel was faster than him... since it is a comparison of speed? Merci?

Asked 6 years ago

Andrea N.B2Kwiziq community member

Same video aired twice

Hi, Just to inform you that you have two copies of the same video clipping in this lesson.

Asked 6 years ago

April S.C1Kwiziq community member

sentir vs se sentir

test question asked for "I feel nothing". I put "Je me sens rien" and it was marked incorrect. The correct answer was "Je sens rien". Please explain.

Asked 5 years ago

Robert F.C1Kwiziq community member

What hapens when something turns itself over?I ran into problems translating "The lorry turned over" Retourner usually takes avoir when it means invert, thus 'He turned over the lorry' = 'Il a retourné le camion, Il l'a retourné' -but would 'It (the lorry) turned (itself) over' = 'Il s'est retourné' or 'Il s'a retourné' ? Doesn't the first translation mean to put the lorry away, rather than leaving it in a ditch?

Asked 5 years ago

Stewart H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Pronunciation Question relating to this lesson

Hi,

In the example 'appelle-les' the e at the end of appelle is not pronounced.

However, the e is pronounced at the end of 'Regarde-les !' and 'Regarde-la !'

Could you please explain why this is.

Thank you

Asked 6 years ago

Helena I.B2Kwiziq community member

Why dit de?Why is it 'Le professeur dit de ne pas courir' and not 'Le professeur dit ne pas courir'?

Asked 5 years ago

Frank C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Ses yeux vs. les yeuxI have trained myself to use les yeux, les bras, etc. when referring to body parts. So why ses yeux in this context? As you can see, this exercise precipitated lots of questions from me. I really appreciate that you do these for us and they certainly generate a lot of thinking about word usage. Thanks for the challenge!

Asked 3 years ago

manpreet kaur j.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Why is est being used with coincer ? Why can’t we say elle a coincé ….?

Or as we know that with depuis, we use present tense , then why can’t we say…. Elle coince là….?

Asked 4 years ago

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