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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

Timothy K.B1KwizIQ community member

Why do we say quest-ce qui se passe? Why don't we say quest-ce que se passe? Why do they use qui instead of que?

Asked 4 years ago

maria g.B2KwizIQ community member

gender of the word "centre"

I am not sure what gender is "centre"?

Asked 6 years ago

Mark S.C1KwizIQ community member

Le vase versus la vase

Why not include the meanings of "vase" as they change according to gender? La vase is mud, whereas le vase is a vase.

Asked 6 years ago

S. B.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Plus Jamais et Jamais Plus

I thought "plus jamais" et "jamais plus" were both acceptable.

Asked 6 years ago

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

PewDiePie g.A0KwizIQ community member

what does pas means??

if jamais means never, then what does pas means??

Asked 6 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

Christine S.A2KwizIQ community member

Why is it: je vais leur téléphoner but tu détestes les entendre?

Asked 10 years ago

Chris W.C1KwizIQ Q&A super contributor

La vs. leAsked to translate "Bernard sends it to her" I would have expected something like "Bernard le lui envoit". Instead, The answer given is "Bernard la lui envoit". Can you shed light on this?

Asked 10 years ago

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