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Ron B.C1KwizIQ community member

un crayonIn the back to school exercise a pencil is translated as un crayon a papier. When I was at school 80 years ago, un crayon always meant a pencil. Would un crayon no longer be understood to mean a pencil when placed in une trousse ?

Asked 6 years ago

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Bill A.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Bonjour - question on use of subjunctive for "sembler que"

I have read that if the subject of the secondary clause is the same, that one should not use the subjunctive, instead just use the infinitive. But i have a sentence where i'm trying to figure out how to do that even though it feels like the subject has to be restated and would require conjugation. I'm trying to say "Sometimes I feel like i don't know any french", and here's what i've come up with. Would be great to get some guidance on this, perhaps there's a better way to construct the sentence. Merci!

Parfois, je me semble que je ne sache aucun de francais.

Asked 7 years ago

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Almut H.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Comment ça se fait qu'il faille se subjonctif avec cette construction?(Sorry, couldn't resit.) Into which category does this example fall. It is obviously not a conjunction that triggers the subjonctif here and I also don't see any of the verbs that normally ask for subjonctif - or anything else I've encountered so far with respect to the subjonctif.

Asked 10 years ago

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Dhiraj J.A1KwizIQ community member

Gender of assiette

Question for you on the example:

Tu finis ton assiette ou pas de dessert.You finish your plate or no dessert.Why is it not ta assiette since assiette is female?

Asked 6 years ago