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Karina Y.A2KwizIQ community member

I don't understand...

Hiii so here you have showed us examples but haven't actually explained the function of "ne". What is the point of using "ne" on its own? (I mean when not being paired as ne...pas/ne...que/ne...plus)

I've asked my boyfriend who is french and even he can't explain it to me either haha.

Asked 5 years ago

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Luciana A.A2KwizIQ community member

passé composé vs. l'imparfait In the sentence "donc ce n'était pas trop compliqué !"
Why was l'imparfait used? I thought lepassé composé would be a best fit for the sentence.

Asked 6 years ago

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Brian E.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

The English meaning of the sentence......[the cake] ”that she makes herself every year” implies that “she makes the cake for herself” (i.e. to eat herself). For the meaning in the exercise I would use the following: ”that she makes every year”. As an aside, if someone asks “who made the cake?”, one might respond “she made it herself”. This results in a similar sounding sentence that does in fact mean “she made it”.

Asked 5 years ago

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chris w.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Il fasse, past or present?Le temps qu'il fasse ses valises, elle était déjà partie." means:by the time he's packed his suitcases.... Could this not also be 'By the time he packs..' Does the subjunctive mean ' by the time he be packed' which could be either?

Asked 4 years ago

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Bhavani S.B2KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Automatically C1 grade. confusing please clarify

Dear French team. i have just started lessons on your platform. i started to like it. however i am still making up my mind. in the meantime i was about to take the Diagnostic test but i closed it because it was too late. then next day its marking me C1 level . can you please clarify and i want to do the test so that i can check my progres.. thanks. on the way to premium version. viola. Merci beaucoup.

Asked 5 years ago

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Anita P.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Physical efforts

I’m not sure about the English “physical efforts” , in my mind “physical effort seems less difficult (to me)”

so “l’effort physique me paraît moins difficile” ?

Asked 7 years ago

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Vikki W.C1KwizIQ community member

what does "tubes de Téléphone" mean?

Asked 5 years ago

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Thanh Tân T.B2KwizIQ community member

Alternative words

1. Can I use "empirer" instead of exacerber or aggraver in the sentence "ce qui ne faisant qu'exacerber les problèmes ..."?

2. Why do we use faire ... instead of the word itself?

Asked 3 years ago

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c f.C1KwizIQ community member

why the verb "plaire" isn't an option to translate Martin likes Sarah ?Sarah plaît à Martin

Asked 5 years ago

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stupefaite L.C1KwizIQ community member

is it correct ?

Hello,

I was doing some French exercises and I encountered this sentence: c'est le livre dont la lecture je te conseille" (my job was just to select a pronoun here). Anyway I thought it should be: c'est le livre dont je te conseille la lecture. It confused me, which one is correct ?

Asked 5 years ago

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