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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 6 years ago

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Carol L.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

B2 dictees

I've tried several times to see if I could make it with a B2 dictee, but I've found that when I go to one of them, there is no dictee --there is no "play" button to start the dictation. Has this been disabled because I'm not supposed to try at that level or is there something about the B2 level that I don't know/understand? Also, when I'm finished with the dictees and fill in the blanks things, I don't know how to get to a quiz section and I really need to practice more with them. Aidez-moi! Merci bien!

Asked 5 years ago

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Betsy D.B2Kwiziq community member

When is "devoir" used to mean "need to"?

I am confused by the quizzes I am taking on when to use "devoir" and "avoir un besoin de" for "need to". The first question was: "How could you say 'You need to rest?'" I answered that both "Tu as besoin de repos" and "Tu dois de repos" are possible but was told only the first is correct. So, in the second test, when asked how to say "Marie needs to buy a new handbag", I answered only "Marie a un besoin de ..." but was marked wrong for not ALSO choosing "Marie doit acheté..." Finally, on the third quiz, I was asked how to say "You need a new bike." In this case I chose both "avoir besoin de" and "devez..." but this time, like in the first question, I was told only the "avoir besoin de" is correct. I've studied the lesson several times. It says sometimes "devoir" can mean "need to" but it doesn't explain what those times are, and I cannot figure out any distinction in the three sentences above. Aidez moi, svp!

Asked 6 years ago

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Adrian B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

"Literally" but not literally

The hint says "Literally: to take a nap is my favourite...", but it is *faire* la sieste, not prendre.

Asked 6 years ago

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Lucien J.C1Kwiziq community member

Chocolate and the Kwiziq nutritional focus

Have you noticed how often your reading and listening passages include references to chocolate?

Asked 5 years ago

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J. L.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

VENIR AND PREPOSITIONS

I recently ran across a guideline which contradicts the quiz sentence "Il est venu pour voir Sarah" associated with this lesson!!

'Venir' is purportedly one of the verbs which does not take ANY preposition before the following infinitive when the context is 'come 'to do 'action of the infinitive' ! So he came to do what.. to see Sarah! So (according to that guideline ) the preposition 'pour' is at least superfluous here if not invalid! Please clarify.

Asked 5 years ago

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S. B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

On s'est demandé v. on s'est sentis - l'accord du passé

In the first example, "se demander" does not agree in number or gender because the reflexive pronoun "se" is an indirect object. Why doesn't that same rule apply to "se sentir" (I feel)? Thanks.

Asked 6 years ago

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Wedam A.A2Kwiziq community member

Ce que (vs ce qui) = what, which (relative pronouns)

Why can't you say

Dis-moi quetu fais le weekend.

Dis-moi ce que tu fais le weekend.

Asked 5 years ago

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Madhavi Latha T.A2Kwiziq community member

Pronoun confusion .

What is the difference between le(COD) and y ?