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Michael R.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Use of Devoir

In exercise "Fishing with my father C1". Could you please explain the use of devais in

je ne devais pas avoir plus de dix ans. If it's; I mustn't have been... isn't that the passe composse ?

Asked 6 years ago

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Anita P.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

In the sentence “Perfect, I tell you !”, I wrote “Parfait, je vous le dis !” thinking that the ‘le’ is required to note ‘the weekend’ but it seems not

Asked 7 years ago

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John W.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Confusion between two possible answers

For the question 'In spite of herself Katia started to hope' I used 'en dépit d'elle'. This was marked wrong and malgré given as the correct answer. What am I missing here? The lesson says that you can use either.

Asked 6 years ago

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Andrea N.B2KwizIQ community member

Question following on from "Answer to question from Kim"

'As for "avoir peur", it's a fixed expression always followed by the preposition de (literally to have fear of), so when used with the definite article les, de + les contract into des :
Il a peur des chiens. => He's scared of (the) dogs.
In the negative, as we said above, les remains the same, so it applies to its contracted form as well: Il n'a pas peur des chiens.'

Does this apply only to fixed expressions ending 'de' as in the case above?

Asked 6 years ago

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Philippa M.B1KwizIQ community member

En meaning to

I did not see mention or explication of en also meaning to.

Asked 6 years ago

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Frank C.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

La vitesse

C'est avril 2021 et je viens d'écouter cette émission et la vitesse est parfaite. C'était la première fois je n'ai pas fait de fautes ! Félicitations à l'équipe à Kwizgiq !

Asked 5 years ago

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Frank C.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

l’emploi du temps vs. le programme de travail

I tried to use the latter and I believe that it was not accepted. Is there a distinction such that it's usage in this context would be inappropriate? Thanks.

Asked 2 years ago

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J. L.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Misleading d'ICI

In the test for this lesson there is a sentence "Tu arriveras d'ici lundi" and the answer is "You'll get here by Monday.".

Isn't this a wrong translation? The sentence should be "you will arrive BY Monday(d'ici lundi). To say "you will get HERE by Monday" should be "Tu y arriveras d'ici lundi" or cringe "Tu arriveras ICI d'ici lundi. "

Unless the verb arriver without a destination defaults to "here".

Asked 4 years ago

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Una M.A2KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

C'est la que

Helle team

Could I use c'est quand instead of c'est la que to mean "that is when" ? Sincerely Una

Asked 5 years ago

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G B.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Variety in test questions

I think it would be helpful to see more test questions using lorsque, après que and une fois que rather than just 'quand' in the Futur Antérieur.