French language Q&A Forum

Questions answered by our learning community with help from expert French teachers

14,815 questions • 32,094 answers • 987,269 learners

Kwizbot, a friendly bot

Find your French level for FREE

And get your personalised Study Plan to improve it

Find your French level

Ann H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Why is it: Et juste derrière ça? Why not dernier as it is an expression? (not specific)

Asked 7 years ago

jennifer A.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

verb tenses Du coup, j'ai pu admirer ses amygdales

comme il mâchait la bouche ouverte

I'm wondering why the 2 different verb tenses here. One act (of seeing) is related to the other act (of chewing) but 2 different tenses were used.

Asked 5 years ago

Judy B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

“On racontait qu’un fantôme vêtu comme un croque-mort”.. Is the verb vêtu supposed to be in the passé composé? A vétu?

Asked 6 years ago

Michael H.A0Kwiziq community member

passe compose with avoir

When using avoir as the auxilliary verb in the passe compose, I thought that the past participle had to agree with the direct object... so in the previous exercise there was:

"Nous avons nouri nos chiens" ...are not les chiens the direct object of the verb in that sentence?

"il a fini ses devoirs" ...are not les devoirs the direct object of that sentence...?

...I guess I have got something very wrong here... grateful for any guidance...

Michael

Asked 5 years ago

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 4 years ago

Jaime B.A1Kwiziq community member

What is this / What is that?

I just want to clarify can the following be either, 'what is this' or 'what is that?' If not, how do you change the sentence to be one or the other?

Or is it it for example:

qu'est-ce que c'est : What is that?

qu'est-ce que c'est que cela: What is this?

Qu'est-ce que c'est que cela ?What is that? / What is this?Qu'est-ce que c'est que ça ?What is that? / What is this?C'est quoi ça ?What is this? / What is that?

Asked 1 year ago

Paul F.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

J’adore coller les poissons dans le dos des gens« J’ adorecoller les poissons dans le dos des gens » This was a sentence in the April Fool day exercise today. Is « dans le dos » correct, or should that have been another preposition such as « sur le dos » or « à le dos » ?

Asked 6 years ago

Ann H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

They used either partie de chez moi or j'ai quitté la maison un peu tard. Was I wrong to say Je suis sortie de la maison un peu en retard?

Asked 6 years ago

Babit L.A2Kwiziq community member

Identify whether to use le passé composé ou l'imparfaitIl (a été/était) une fois un roi qui (s'est appelé/s'appelait) Midas. II (a aimé/aimait) avoir beaucoup d'argent. Il (n'a pensé/ne pensait) qu'à I'argent tout le temps et il en (a voulu/voulait) de plus en plus. Alors il (a prié/priait) à Dieu tous les jours. Dieu (a été/était) content de sa dévotion et lui (a dit/disait) : « Midas, tout ce que tu toucheras, se transformera en or. » Midas (a été/était) très heureux de ce don. Il (a touché/touchait) la table, les assiettes, les verres .... Quelle surprise ! lls se sont transformés en or. Le soir, quand il (s'est promené/se promenait) dans le jardin, la petite princesse, heureuse de voir son père (a couru/courait) vers lui. Hélas ! Elle aussi, elle (est devenue/devenait) une statue d'or.

Please help me with the answers and appropriate reasons

Thanks

..

Asked 5 years ago

Frank C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Pourquoi "par an" au lieu de "par année" ?

Asked 5 years ago

Kwizbot, a friendly bot

Find your French level for FREE

And get your personalised Study Plan to improve it

Find your French level

Let me take a look at that...