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Terence O.A0Kwiziq community member

When would you use << faire >> as compared to other verbs? For example, "I am making a cake" as compared to "I am baking a cake". I guess I'm asking whether it's safe to substitute << faire >> for other French verbs that I haven't learnt if in English the verb can be replaced with "doing" or "making".

Asked 7 years ago

Surendra B.A1Kwiziq community member

Translating 'Je vais en ville'This literally means 'I am going in/inside town', but actually it means 'I am going to town'. Can you explain the french reasoning behind this usage. And is this correct 'Je vais à ville' for 'I am going to town'?

Asked 8 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 8 years ago

fiona K.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

If I can say 'telephone-lui, why can I not say "regarde-lui? I cannot see the difference.

Asked 7 years ago

fiona K.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Assieds-toi ! Assieds-toi ! Sit down! These two look exactly the same to me or I can not see. Thank you Chris in advance!

Asked 6 years ago

Danica W.C1Kwiziq community member

Quel âge as toi?

Asked 6 years ago

Jb A.A0Kwiziq community member

J'habite à Tokyo

Asked 9 years ago

CHARLOTTE P.B2Kwiziq community member

which is correct regarde-me or regarde-moi. I see examples of regarde-la in the lesson so it would be a do pronoun but I have seen regarde-moi as well

Asked 7 years ago

Michelle P.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

haïr vs détesterWhat is the difference between haïr and détester? Couldn't I just as easily say Je te déteste and so on? Is one "stronger" than the other.

Asked 7 years ago

tani k.A0Kwiziq community member

j' habite indienne

Asked 9 years ago

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