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Pamela L.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

With the kids

Can 'les gosses' be used here instead of 'les enfants' for 'the kids' ?

Asked 2 years ago

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Carolyn H.C1Kwiziq community member

Causative faire

If a sentence says "Elle a fait cueillir des fleurs.", then to turn des fleurs into a pronoun object I would normally use "en". Is it correct to say, "Elle en a fait cueillir." She had some picked. Or should it be "Elle les a fait cueillir." I have never seen an example of causative faire with "en", so not sure if it is correct.

Asked 6 years ago

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Elizabeth C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

21,31,41,51,61,71 - tous avec un trait d'union?

I've noticed that 71 above has no hyphens: soixante et onze. So is it just the numbers 21,31,41,51,61 that do have hyphens? Or does 71 have hyphens just when there are higher numbers, e.g. 171?

Merci d'avance!

Asked 3 years ago

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Charles T.C1Kwiziq community member

Can 'suddenly' be translated as 'soudainement'?

Can 'suddenly' be translated as 'soudainement'? Reverso seems to think that there is such a word.

Thanks

Asked 6 years ago

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Ann H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Please notify me on response to Carl, as I have the same question. Thanks!

Asked 7 years ago

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Kim C.A1Kwiziq community member

by adding ' -e', '-es' and 's' will the pronunciation change?

I couldn't tell the difference among 'Je suis allé '(mas) et 'je suis allée'(fem) ou 'nous sommes allés' et 'nous sommes allées' from the audio. In everyday speech, is there any change in pronunciation?

Asked 6 years ago

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S. B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Bien et Tout

Again, the use of little words like "bien" and "tout" are common in French and not direct translations from English. A unit explaining the uses of these two simple words would be really helpful.

"Il a bien compris." "Il a tout compris." "J'en ai bien envie." "Elle est tout heureuse." "Il y a bien de choses." "Il est a des kilometres de toute trace de civilisation."

Not trying to be a pest, but I would really like to master these simple little words and phrases to feel closer to fluent. Thanks.

Asked 6 years ago

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nicole r.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

2 or more syllables

hi,

I was wondering when there are more than 2 adverbs in the same sentence how do you know which one to put first?

for example you guys have un paysage incroyablement beau.

thanks

nicole

Asked 4 years ago

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Rebecca L.A0Kwiziq community member

Atelier Pourquoi c'est "ces deux pates sont mises delicatement ". Ils ont mise (avec accent?) Can you explain the reasonining behind ces deux pates so

Pourquoi c'est "ces deux pates sont mises delicatement ". Ils ont mise (avec accent?) Can you explain the reasonining behind ces deux pates sont ensuits mises delicatement. Thanks for your feedback.

Asked 5 years ago

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Anita P.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

jusqu’au jour où Jean Valjean s’enfuirait avec moiI think that it may be a bit long winded but could I have said “jusqu’à ce que le jour où Jean Valjean s’enfuie avec moi ?

Asked 6 years ago

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