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Stuart C.B2KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Merci pour cette dictée aujourd'hui

Je suis Robert! Aujourd'hui c'est mon dernier jour de travailler! This dictee was the perfect way for me to celebrate my retirement. Thanks for all you do and especially for this particular exercise!

Stuart

Asked 7 years ago

Anne D.C1KwizIQ Q&A super contributor

Je n'ai plus rien à vous dire" means I have nothing more to say to you

In English, "I have nothing more to say to you" has a slightly different meaning to "I have nothing to say to you any more" - I guess because the second stresses you’re not going to speak again and the first that you’ve nothing left to say. Is there a way to make the distinction in French ?

Asked 2 years ago

Phúc Đ.B2KwizIQ community member

In time and on timeTu ne t'es pas réveillé à temps

Is there any difference between "à temps" and "à l'heure"?

Any the proper french phrases for "on time" and "in time" ?

Merci boucoup d'avance!

Asked 5 years ago

Judy B.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Passé composé or imparfait

The answer “et j’ai toujours été très romantique”. Could you explain why this isn’t in the imparfait tense? “j’étais toujours…. ?

Asked 3 years ago

Ian B.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Ambiguity again

The old house where my parents lived. Is it an ancient house that my parents once lived in or is it a modern house that they formerly lived in?

1How would you say: ''The ancient building where my parents lived.'' ?L'ancien bâtiment où mes parents habitaient.Le bâtiment ancien où mes parents habitaient.Le bâtiment ancienne où mes parents habitaient.Le bâtiment d'ancien où mes parents habitaient.

Asked 5 years ago

Tom A.C1KwizIQ Q&A super contributor

le fait que + indicative or subjunctive ?

In the passage we have both

'du fait qu'il est le seul'

and

'le fait qu'il n'y ait pas de jeu'

and I wonder why one is indicative and one subjunctive?

Asked 5 years ago

Niall H.C1KwizIQ community member

Why does it mark it wrong if you use the plural verb form with ni l'un ni l'autre?

It's more obvious when we're talking about a positive sentence like:

l'un et l'autre viendront => both are coming => plural.
l'un ou l'autre viendra => only one is coming => singular.

But when it is negative:

ni l'un ni l'autre = pas l'un et pas l'autre => so it can be plural no?

Multiple sources suggest both singular and plural verb forms are possible for ni l'un ni l'autre:

http://bdl.oqlf.gouv.qc.ca/bdl/gabarit_bdl.asp?id=1490#:~:text=Lorsque%20le%20sujet%20est%20ni,deux%20noms%20coordonn%C3%A9s%2C%20est%20pluriel.

https://www.gymglish.com/fr/frantastique-orthographe/regles-orthographe/ni-lun-ni-lautre-nanont-raison

https://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2guides/guides/clefsfp/index-fra.html?lang=fra&lettr=indx_catlog_n&page=9WmCJCDuX_J0.html

Asked 5 years ago

Don C.B1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

DOPs placed before IOPs

In the lesson, we read that

3. Direct object pronouns le/la/les are placed before indirect object pronouns moi/toi/lui/nous/vous/leur

Aren't there other DOPs such as nous/vous/me/te? And do those qualify as preceding IOPs?

Thanks!

Asked 5 years ago

G B.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

english word used

Fourth line - 'and' instead of 'et'

......pendant lequel nous riions AND discutions tous dans un joyeux chaos.

Asked 6 years ago

Greg C.C1KwizIQ community member

esperer and the subjonctif

Hi,

I thought esperer did not take the subjonctif unlike souhaiter.

Thanks

Asked 5 years ago

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