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Winston K.C1KwizIQ community member

Translation of confus

Les paroles du médecin sont très confuses. Il parle confusément.

This sentence is best translated as "The words from the doctor are very confusing. He speaks confusingly".

Asked 5 years ago

Candace M.A1KwizIQ community member

Bonjour. Is it possible to use On? Would I conjugate on a or on avons? Merci.

Asked 9 years ago

Rod B.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Qu’est-ce que te manque .. means What are you missing. Why is it te and not tu? Tx

Asked 8 years ago

Susan M.C1KwizIQ community member

Stress pronouns lui and elle.I am still confused about the stress pronouns lui and elle. Is there a reason why lui is used as a stress pronoun with manquer (à), but elle is not?

Asked 9 years ago

John D.KwizIQ community member

Why "les dents" and not "mes dents"?

Why is it "Je me brosse LES dents" instead of "MES dents"? If they are MY teeth, why not "mes dents"? Or, if maybe I have a child I'm teaching good dental hygiene, "Je te brosse tes dents."

Asked 6 years ago

emre can c.A2KwizIQ community member

Place of "magnifique"

Why does the place of "magnifique" varies in the sentences below though it's neither an adjective that qualifies a proper noun nor a numerical adjective?

J'ai vu des endroits magnifiques.

Il a mangé de magnifiques gâteaux.

Asked 5 years ago

S. B.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Tout à l'heure

The rule concerning agreement of "tout" in different situations confuses me. Why isn't it written "toute à l'heure" so that tout agrees with the gender of l'heure? Thanks.

I found this explanation in Le Figaro but it does not explain why there is no agreement: https://www.lefigaro.fr/langue-francaise/expressions-francaises/2019/01/23/37003-20190123ARTFIG00047--toute-a-l-heure-ne-faites-plus-la-faute.php

Asked 6 years ago

Heyes S.C1KwizIQ community member

You can’t say very fun’ in English as fun is a noun

Asked 6 years ago

AurélieKwizIQ Head of French, Native French Teacher

Susan asked: "When is the word "président" capitalized in French?"

Asked 10 years ago

Richa G.A0KwizIQ community member

Passe compose vs imparfait

I was not well

Yesterday I was not well

She was absent

Yesterday she was absent

These sentences are case of passe compose or imparfait

Asked 7 years ago

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