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Dhiraj J.A1Kwiziq community member

Leur pouce vs Le/La/Les pouce

Elsewhere on the site, there is an example sentence: Ils sucent encore leur pouce. They're still sucking their thumbs. Why doesn't leur pouce become le/la/les pouce(s)?

Asked 5 years ago

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Elizabeth C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

21,31,41,51,61,71 - tous avec un trait d'union?

I've noticed that 71 above has no hyphens: soixante et onze. So is it just the numbers 21,31,41,51,61 that do have hyphens? Or does 71 have hyphens just when there are higher numbers, e.g. 171?

Merci d'avance!

Asked 3 years ago

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James W.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

According to sources, a savings account is "un compte épargne" and not "un compte d'épargne" ? There is also "un livret d'épargne" however.

Asked 5 years ago

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manpreet kaur j.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

When I used mon peur de hauteur , i was marked wrong. Also for on the top of .. I used au sommet., which was again marked wrong.

Asked 5 years ago

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Ozan D.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

usin "pas" for neither nor

Je ne mange pas de viande ni ne porte de cuir.
do I have to use "pas" in this sentence or not?

Asked 5 years ago

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Ursi C.B1Kwiziq community member

Après être allé

Instead of “Après s'être levé, William alla prendre sa douche” would it be correct to use the passé composé instead of the passé simple?

“Après s'être levé, William est allé prendre sa douche”.

Merci

Asked 5 years ago

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Alberta N.B2Kwiziq community member

on vs nous

I did a simple quiz. One of the problems was to translate "We have a cat" - I used the nous avons... option. It was wrong stating "On a..." is the correct answer. How can one tell if an informal response, or the commonly spoken one is the correct choice out of context? It sees to me, both answers are equally correct. What am I missing?

Merci

Asked 3 years ago

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Farah M.C1Kwiziq community member

C'était deux jours avant qu'elle ne disparaisse - Subj. present vs passé"C'était deux jours avant qu'elle ne disparaisse"

Why is it "disparaisse" and not "ait disparu"? Because at the time of the story being told (two days before she disappeared) she had not yet disappeared?

Asked 5 years ago

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Daralyn T.B2Kwiziq community member

ou or ou`

is the "ou" supposed to be "ou`"? as in where, not or.

Asked 4 years ago

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S. B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

J'ai enfin eu le poste que je voulaisWhy not "finalement"?

Asked 6 years ago

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