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Daniel P.B2Kwiziq community member

durant/pendant for holiday?

For the question: 'How could you say "Gregory is going away for the holidays.",' 3 answers are correct:

Gregory part durant les vacances.

Gregory part pendant les vacances.

Gregory part pour les vacances.

In the lesson it is explained that durant/pendant is only used "to express a duration with a clear beginning and end." Holiday doesn't have it, so shouldn't be 'pour' the only valid option?

Asked 6 years ago

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Drew B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

mon choix était fait depuis longtemps?

Why is "était fait" used in a compound verb structure when avoir is normally used w/ faire?

Asked 6 years ago

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Lorie R.C1Kwiziq community member

me présenter d'autres gens

I'm wondering why it's not correct to say "me présenter à d'autres gens"? I thought that présenter was followed by the preposition à.

Asked 6 years ago

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G B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Two grammar queries

....compared to most other languages.

I wrote:

.....comparée à la majorité D'autres langues.

Why is it DES autres langues?

Also

........so my mother tongue would have prepared me.....

I wrote:

.....que ma langue maternelle m'aurait préparéE

I thought an extra 'e' was required because of la langue?

Asked 5 years ago

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John R.B1Kwiziq community member

In the case of people, the group à + [people] will be replaced by an indirect pronoun.Why was I marked wrong for saying "Elle leur pense aussi" for the question below?«Il pense à sa famille. Elle ________ pense aussi.»He thinks of his family. She thinks of it too

Asked 7 years ago

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STEPHEN W.C1Kwiziq community member

Why "ce qui" and/or Quel ?
Ce qui est essentiel, c'est ça ! / Quel est essentiael What is essential is this!Why is the 2nd sentence wrong ?

Asked 4 years ago

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nicole r.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Pronouns using you and I

Bonjour,

Hi, I'm sorry if this post is in the wrong place I wasn't sure were to direct it to. But I was wondering if you have a sentence that has You and I in it or a person's name then either I or me(moi) how would that be categorized by?

Would it be direct object pronouns?

Thanks

Nicole

Asked 5 years ago

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Lucien J.C1Kwiziq community member

Le levier de vitesseGearshift = gear stick in UK English. 'Gearshift' is an Americanism and your style sheet appears to be to provide a UK English translation followed by US English in square brackets. Similarly UK English would be to 'change gears' not to shift gears, to change into first gear etc.

Asked 5 years ago

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Priti K.A1Kwiziq community member

Why doesn't the Une in sentence change to De

In The sentence " la père de Caroline ne travaille pas dans une banque". Why doesn't 'UNE' in this sentence change to 'de' and stay as Une in -ve form

Asked 4 years ago

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Joan C.A1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

"...et mélangez le tout"

I don't understand "le tout".

Is "le" article or pronoun?

Does "tout" mean "everything"? Is it an adjective or pronoun or noun?

Asked 6 years ago

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