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Katherine R.A1Kwiziq community member

Adjectives before or after the noun?

When does "fou" come before or after the noun? I was playing with Google Translate to hear in one sentence between "the crazy horse, the crazy cow, the crazy man." It came up "Le cheval fou, la vache folle, l'homme fou."

Asked 2 years ago

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9832 B.C1Kwiziq community member

Use of "depuis" for an action that is presently continuingThis was listed as the correct answer, but I had understood that, for actions that are continuing in the present, the present tense was used with "depuis." Did I miss something? Thanks.
Les Souillard sont mariés depuis plus de vingt ans." means:

The Souillards have been married for more than twenty years

Asked 2 years ago

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Maria G.A1Kwiziq community member

Promener- to walkWhy the use of promener (to walk) in the sentence below! This is confusing.

Parfois, je prends la voiture juste pour me promener dans la campagne.

Asked 5 years ago

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Martin R.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Recording different to statementOn the 'Il joue au tennis' recording, this is not what it sounds like she is saying. Can you confirm please.

Asked 5 years ago

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Ann H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Is it also correct to say "passionné de ce que je ferais?"

Asked 7 years ago

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Heather S.C1Kwiziq community member

how to?

I'm not sure how this is supposed to work. Am I supposed to try and read aloud along with it or just listen to it? And somehow, if I hit the pause button in not exactly the same place, I get 2 voices reading at the same time. And it doesn't rewind? I just have to listen straight through?

Asked 5 years ago

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Karen B.C1Kwiziq community member

Excessive use of exclamation marks

Does anyone else find an over use of the exclamation marks ? I don’t take off marks if I don’t put in as many as given in the answers. Is this a particular French thing?

Asked 2 years ago

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William C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Kwizbot's Measure of MY confidence!

By writing "à moins que tu ne SOIT" instead of " "à moins que tu ne SOIS", Kwizbot deemed it necessary to reduce the measure of MY confidence in this question by 31.3 % percentage points. To recover this "loss" in MY confidence, I had to repeat the question 7 times. Honestly, does this make any sense at all!!!

Asked 5 years ago

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Johanna S.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Can this be recorder with slower audio? While the speaker may talk that way, she is much too fast to catch all the words and the liaisons

Asked 7 years ago

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B D.C1Kwiziq community member

Why 'un couple' rather than 'one couple' in 'un couple de chevaux'?

Asked 6 years ago

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