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chris w.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

meaning of reussir

j'aurai reussi ma vie - i will have had a successful life. Other examples of reussir have 'a' and 'de' after it on reverso. Why doesn't it need anything here? And one other thing, I'm asking quite a lot of questions and I always tick the 'get an email notification button' but I noticed just now that I have had two answers on this page, but I was not notified. Is this a glitch?

Asked 5 years ago

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Advika K.A1KwizIQ community member

Je suis indienne.Est ce - que je suis correct

Asked 10 years ago

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Margaret M.A2KwizIQ community member

Gender of droit in directions

I noticed in the exercise "droite" was used for direction to the right, but "tout droit" is masculine for "straight ahead. Why the difference?

Asked 6 years ago

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Sherry M.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

How do you say "within an hour"?"Dinner will be served within an hour" was the wrong choice on the test for "le dîner sera servi dans une heure". If I wanted to be less precise than "in an hour's time", how would I express that?

Asked 9 years ago

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Beverley R.B2KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Use of etre + descendre/monter in the passe composeI know that you use etre + ascendre or descendre or monter in the passe compose when the verb is followed by a preposition, but I am still slightly confused, with certain situations. For example, I got on.... would be "Je suis monte sur...", But "I mounted.... would be "J'ai monte...." You could say "I mounted the bus." or "I got on the bus." Could you use either, saying "Je suis monte sur le bus." OR J'ai monte le bus?" Is "to go upstairs" "monter l'escalier" or "aller en haut" I have the same problems with descendre. For example, how do you say "I went downstairs"? Forgive the lack of accents. Your advice sheet doesn't work on my computer. Beverley

Asked 9 years ago

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D. A.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Je me suis dit

Am I right in thinking that "me" is used indirectly here as there is no agreement with the past participle of dire (dit/e)

Asked 6 years ago

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S. M.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

How to say famous in French: It's OK to say" célèbre Cité du Vin", but not "célèbre Fontaine des 3 Grâces" -- only "fameuse" is correct there. Why?

Asked 7 years ago

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Lucien J.C1KwizIQ community member

spoon names and sizesI'm puzzled by you're translating 'teaspoon' as 'une cuillère à café'. Surely it should be 'une cuillère à thé'? I've also heard 'une petite cuillère'. I would expect to reserve 'une cuillère à café' for a coffee spoon, a different, smaller item.

Asked 6 years ago

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Stuart C.B2KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Les jumelles

Before the exercise I put the vocab given into Google Translate if I don't know them. I didn't know "des jumelles" and it comes back "binoculars." Larousse also says that les jumelles are an optical instrument. However, since that made no sense, I put the whole phrase into Google Translate and it came back "the twins are twelve" -- which of course makes sense. But for a beginner it was very confusing not to find the definition of "twins" for this word I didn't know. Is it colloquial for jumelles to mean twins?

BTW, I look forward to the dictees every week. Keep them coming!

Asked 7 years ago

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James H.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

In a sporting activity, why not use `jouer` instead of `faire`?In a sporting activity, why not use `jouer` instead of `faire`?

Asked 7 years ago

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