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stupefaite L.C1KwizIQ community member

passer par qqn versus passer qqn.

Hi, I wonder about passer par qqn, there are examples as follows:

Yann passera par chez Laura après le travail.

Ma tante est passée par la boulangerie en venant ici

But what about: Yann passera chez Laura ... & Ma tante est passée à la boulangerie.(I've just omitted par).

Isn't the meaning the same here ? Thank you.

Asked 4 years ago

Drew B.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Mais elle ne l'a pas réussi??

Why does mais "elle l'a réussi" get marked wrong, in lieu of "elle l'a eu?" Are they not synonymous?

Asked 6 years ago

Isabelle S.B1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

I always learn so much with these Weekend Workouts; thanks for providing a way to practice as we learn.

Is it possible to provide the translations or at least a common source to look up the words and phrases suggested ahead of the Writing Challenges? I have often chosen different words and phrases than are used in the later given context.

Also, more specifically to this exercise, aren't we to use Le Présent when stating situations that are habitual? Here the Passé Composé is chosen for "Nous avons joué aux cartes, comme d'habitude ...," so I misunderstood something.

Merci !
Isabelle

Asked 5 years ago

Fran B.A1KwizIQ community member

Why is "Il lui envoie deux mille roses". "He set HER" 2000 roses. Could it not also mean he sent HIM?

Asked 7 years ago

Tatiana D.C1KwizIQ community member

Arizona m ou f ?

puis j'irais en Arizona (from fill in the blanks). As I learned from other sources all US states are masculine but 9: la Californie, la Caroline du Nord, la Caroline du Sud, la Floride, la Géorgie, la Louisiane, la Pennsylvanie, la Virginie, la Virginie occidentale. So, Arizona is not feminine ? So shouldn't it be à l'Arizona?

Asked 5 years ago

Danielle A.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Why do I often hear 'Bonjour à tous et à toutes'! Doesn't 'tous' cover a mixed group?

Asked 4 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

D. A.C1KwizIQ community member

"Possible confusion with -IR verbs following finir conjugation (verbes du 2e groupe)"

It would be good for this useful piece of information to have a link to a list of such verbs.

Asked 6 years ago

Daryl M.A1KwizIQ community member

Is a mobile available?

Rather than just accessing LF on my computer, is a mobile application available? I didn't find it in the Apple store.

Merci.

Asked 2 years ago

Robert B.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

devenir [profession] ou denenir un/une [profession]

An example is

Je veux devenir astronaute. -- I want to become an astronaut.

I assume it can be either!

Asked 6 years ago

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