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S. N.B2KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

formally vs. in practice?

Could someone please expand a bit on the part that says “formally, it should be before, but in practice, it often ends up after”?

If, for example, we were to write it after in an exam script, would this be marked down and regarded as an inaccuracy?

Thanks in advance!

Asked 7 years ago

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Derek W.B2KwizIQ community member

Manquer, Manqué when to use

In the first examples, you have

Jacques a manqué son train.

and then,

Vite ! On va manquer le début du concert !

Why is manquer conjugated in the first example, but not the second. The sentence structure seems identical, except instead of have, it is go.?

Thanks.

I see that Jacques a manqué... is the passé composé, but I can't delete my question now.

Asked 5 years ago

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Pekka J.A1KwizIQ community member

Smells/is smelling ?

Hi. When practising the use of 'que', one of your examples runs 'Les fleurs que Paul sent.' and the translation is The flowers that/which Paul smells. As the present tense in English denotes habitual or regular doings, the present tense here implies that Paul smells them every day or often, which sounds a bit odd. I think the progressive form' is smelling' would give the correct meaning of ' Paul sent'.

Cheers,

Pekka Järvilehto

Hki.

Asked 6 years ago

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Janet B.C1KwizIQ community member

Pronnciation of "cru que"

I am confused by the pronunciation given here for the sentence "Elle a cru que c'était Valentin, mais c'était quelqu'un d'autre." The recorded voice sounds as if there is an s at the end of the word "cru".

Asked 6 years ago

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nicole r.A2KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Season quiz

Hello,

I just took the quiz and it said I also needed to have En as well besides putting L' but it doesn't specify more then one it just says how would you say?. Can you clarify this?

Thanks

Nicole

Asked 5 years ago

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Derek B.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Quiz question, parts of speech in reflexive constructions with stress pronouns

I answered the "vampires in the morning question" (I have attempted to include the french text several times, but the website keeps reducing to a ">"; i guess it doesn't play nice with ">") and would like to better understand why. Am I correct in that the parts of speech for the "nous" are as follows: 1st stress pronoun, 2nd subject pronoun, 3rd reflexive pronoun? I was, prior to the quiz, under the impression that the first "nous" actually serves as a subject pronoun (auxiliary to the les vampires) and thus I omitted the 2nd "nous" in my answer. To help solidify my understanding, would the following be correct: > or does this construction only form with plural subjects? Merci d'avance!

Asked 6 years ago

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Ali W.B2KwizIQ community member

Should the translation be 'soft sheet' rather than 'sweet sheet' in the example?

Asked 7 years ago

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