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Lincoln H.C1KwizIQ community member

Meaning of "on their own"

I'm a little confused about what it means in the article when it says that "le jour suivant" or "le jour précédent" have to be used "on their own". Does that mean that they can't be directly followed by a noun or a verb, or just that you can't specify time of day by adding "au matin"? The section following where it says they have to be used on their own mentions that you can combine them with nouns (ex: "le jour suivant son arrestation"), so I'm not entirely clear on the "only on their own" part. Hopefully I'm not just missing something obvious. Thanks in advance for your help!

Asked 6 years ago

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G. H.B2KwizIQ community member

Can a direct object be used with 'en' (le, la, l', les etc) as it is with 'y'?

Is it that the sentence construction - eg the verb - will never need a direct pronoun with 'en' as happens with 'y'?

Or is it the the examples just haven't shown a direct object?

Asked 4 years ago

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Sydney B.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Passé composé vs Imparfait French past tenses

The following quoted material appears at: https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/passe-compose-vs-imparfait/

All in the past vs Relevance to present

Imparfait describes something that is entirely in the past.

Il voulait toujours être médecin. He always wanted (used to want) to be a doctor.J’y mangeais souvent. I often ate there / I used to eat there often (but never again).

Passé composé explains something that started in the past and continues today.

Il a toujours voulu être médecin. He has always wanted to be a doctor.J’y ai souvent mangé. I have often eaten there (and might again).

Are you sure you don't have this in reverse? It seems like the passé composé would be used for the finished actions in the quote above.

Asked 1 year ago

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Danish A.B2KwizIQ community member

if its possible

I have seen the use of "si que possible" instead of "si c'est possible". what is the difference?

Asked 5 years ago

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James P.A2KwizIQ community member

Partitive de

Does one say "Je n'aime pas de...." or "Je n'aime pas le/la/les/ce, etc?

Asked 6 years ago

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Tom A.C1KwizIQ Q&A super contributor

'Ainsi' followed by inversion

I was looking at the Lawless French article on inversion and saw that 'ainsi' may be followed by inverted word order. Does that mean that, as an alternative to 'Ainsi ma mère m'a raconté que', you could write 'Ainsi m'a raconté ma mère que...' ?

Asked 3 years ago

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Buddy L.B1KwizIQ community member

Translation connotation

Hi, in English, "aren't you" can have a bit of an accusatory tone. Is it the same for "n'est-ce pas" in French?

Asked 6 years ago

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Liz H.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Soit les vacances soit le travail

I wrote des vacances and du travail which was wrong, but I don’t know why. Can you explain since this error isn’t covered in this lesson explanation. I still have trouble with these articles. Thanks so much.

Asked 6 years ago

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Hyun Jeong P.A2KwizIQ community member

I have a question

I found a sentence "Voyons ce qu’a fait Caillou aujourd’hui."

I wonder why it is not "Voyons ce que Caillou a fait aujourd’hui."

Asked 6 years ago

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Steven G.A1KwizIQ community member

How many questions are there per each lesson in the quiz bank?

Asked 6 years ago

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