An alternative approach to "C'est vs Il Est" ?It seemed to me that any time I was tested on "C'est" or "Il Est", I was simply guessing.
The closer a question matched one of the examples in the Lesson - the more likely I was to choose the correct answer. But if there was no exact match with an example in the lesson - I was stumped.
With respect, I found the following article somewhat easier to follow than the Lesson on this page:
https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/cest-vs-il-est/
That article uses the descriptor "determiner". IMO that descriptor seems to clarify everything for me.
There's a good article on determiners here:
https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/determiners/
So a determiner is just a posh name for a word that modifies a noun. It's similar to an adjective
The Lawless article is several times longer than the KwizIQ article. But if you ignore any material that is not mentioned in this current KwizIQ article, then the amount of instructional text will be about the same.
Here's how I read the Lawless article:
(1) Read every word from the start until just before the red warning triangle. .
(2) You can ignore the material immediately after the red triangle. It's useful info, but it's not tested by KwizIQ.
(3) Restart reading at "2. C’est and il est with inanimate nouns".
(4) Ignore everything after the green scales icon. Again, it's useful info but - but not tested in KwizIQ.
Thanks
Run into a problem with this one.. I am interpreting cheating as an ongoing state rather than something that is happening at this instant and, from the choices available, thought "être trichants" to better reflect that than "en train de".. this was in a general test and not specifically testing "en train de"
What would be the best way to say... "He realizes you're cheating."?
Il réalise que vous êtes en train de tricher.
Il réalise que vous êtes trichants.
Hello,
I'm having trouble with my sentence structures. Specifically, after the first verb in a sentence, when i present the second verb I dont know when to use "a", "de" or "pour". I would love some clarification on this!
Some examples for clarification:
- J'ai beacoup a faire
- Je veux parler francais (none of those intermediate words mentioned)
- On disait que des trucs sympas sur lui
- J'essaie juste d'oublier
- Je suis venue pour gagner
- C'est important d'etre gentil
Sorry for these examples, these are phrases I pulled from a magazine!
Is "etait donne" (with accents) definitely correct here? it's not "etant donne"? thanks
You use "il/elle" for opinions and in specifying a particular item. But say "C'est une jolie robe."
I don't get it.
The quick quiz offers this:
"Vous faites la queue avec ma mère." means:You are queueing [US: standing in line] with your mother
Doesn't it mean "You are queueing with MY mother"? which is not one of the choices in the exercise.
It seemed to me that any time I was tested on "C'est" or "Il Est", I was simply guessing.
The closer a question matched one of the examples in the Lesson - the more likely I was to choose the correct answer. But if there was no exact match with an example in the lesson - I was stumped.
With respect, I found the following article somewhat easier to follow than the Lesson on this page:
https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/cest-vs-il-est/
That article uses the descriptor "determiner". IMO that descriptor seems to clarify everything for me.
There's a good article on determiners here:
https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/determiners/
So a determiner is just a posh name for a word that modifies a noun. It's similar to an adjective
The Lawless article is several times longer than the KwizIQ article. But if you ignore any material that is not mentioned in this current KwizIQ article, then the amount of instructional text will be about the same.
Here's how I read the Lawless article:
(1) Read every word from the start until just before the red warning triangle. .
(2) You can ignore the material immediately after the red triangle. It's useful info, but it's not tested by KwizIQ.
(3) Restart reading at "2. C’est and il est with inanimate nouns".
(4) Ignore everything after the green scales icon. Again, it's useful info but - but not tested in KwizIQ.
Thanks
Hi - I'm wondering why the verb faire is used in the sentence "Mais la nouvelle cuisine fera 12 square meters" and not the verb être for the sentence "But the new kitchen will be 12 square meters". Thanks.
Lesson: Nous trouvons que vous ....... trop de bruit. We think you make too much noise. I used the subjonctif of fassiez and you say it’s faites which doesn’t seem to be subjonctif. This notebook lesson doesn’t help with my issue. What do I have wrong? Thanks for your help.
Why can’t we say je l’écoute sur Boucle instead of en boucle ?
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