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Scott S.A1Kwiziq community member

Je m'appelle Marie.

Je m'appelle Marie: why is "Mon nom est Marie" not also correct?

Asked 6 years ago

Jenny l.B1Kwiziq community member

I learned what is your name as >comment vous appelez-vous< which I think sounds better.

Asked 10 years ago

Deewana A.A1Kwiziq community member

How to know if a Verb is reflexive or not?

Asked 9 years ago

theseampsgoto11@gmail.com S.C1Kwiziq community member

l'écriture (f)The noun 'écriture' (handwriting) is feminine. But apparently the correct translation of "We cannot read his handwriting" is 'Nous ne pouvons pas lire son écriture'. I was using an exercise book and I thought the answer in the back might be a mistake, but Google Translate also comes up with the same translation. La bonne phrase est 'Nous ne pouvons pas lire sa écriture', n'est-ce pas?

Asked 7 years ago

alison g.C1Kwiziq community member

Je suis dix minutes en retard? Can you tell me what is incorrect : Je suis dix minutes en retard? Should it be "je suis en retard de dix minutes"?

Asked 8 years ago

Vicky N.C1Kwiziq community member

When to use Raconter

What is the difference between "Raconter" and "Dire"? Both are "to tell". Is it context?

Asked 5 years ago

Michael D.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

'tout' (everything) vs 'tous' or 'toutes' (all of them)'Tout' ('too') means 'everything, and its pronunciation must be distinguished from: 'Tous' ('toos') and 'toutes' ('toot') mean all of them. With these ('all of them') Here, there are 2 cases: 1. when used as the noun: (tous etaient content - all of them were happy-'toos'); 2. when used as an adjective of the noun 'they' (as in 'they all' or 'they were ll'): (ils etaient tous content - they were all happy - 'too') The weird one is 'ils l'ont tous eu' - they all passed - by the rule 'tous' should be pronounced 'too', but is pronounced 'toos' because of liaison. Is this correct?

Asked 9 years ago

P. F.A1Kwiziq community member

Can I say 'je prends un break (ou une pause) ?

Asked 9 years ago

Heather W.C1Kwiziq community member

Heureux also an adverbe?

In the sentence Ils ont vécu heureux pendant des nombreuses années, is heureux being used as an adverbe? Heureusement, the adverb, seems to mean luckily rather than happily. Is this so?

Asked 7 years ago

David R.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Nous étions ou nous avons été?

Nous avons été très surpris en apprenant la nouvelle.

We were really surprised when we heard the news.

I would have used nous étions instead of nous avons été. Is that not correct?

In English nous avons été très surpris translates to - We have been very surprised which implies the surprise happened and is still ongoing or at least has a prolonged duration, whereas nous étions translates to - We were, which implies it happened but is no longer ongoing. The latter seems to be the correct answer to this question especially since being surprised is usually a point in time thing.

Asked 6 years ago

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