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Carol W.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

tense present or future anterior

this lesson syes apres que plus indicative; but next lesson states apres que plus future anterior- is it just guessing from sense of the sentence?

Asked 4 years ago

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A. Bryce L.C1KwizIQ community member

Wine vocabulary

"Plonk" in english means an "ordinary, cheap, possibly inferior" wine. It does not mean bad wine. Does "la piquette" mean bad, or inferior, or both ??

Asked 2 years ago

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Aashpreet K.A1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Aucun and Aucun De

Can you please explain why we don't use "de/d' " after ne...aucun/aucune?? What is the reason behind it? Like we use ne...pas assez de.., ne...guère de.., ne...pas de..., beaucoup de, trop de, plus de...

-> Je n'ai pas de pain. // Je n'ai guère de pain. // Je n'ai aucun de pain.

Asked 2 years ago

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mary lou l.C1KwizIQ community member

ce, cette ces

ce, cet,ces

cette,ces

is this correct?

Asked 4 years ago

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Thalia C.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Clarification from "Tip"

Can someone please explain the second part of this sentence (in the "Tip" box of the lesson)? I'm not clear what "...and not regardless of which, like with verbs such as..." part of the sentence means.

You won't use this in Indirect Speech where whether = if and not regardless of which, like with verbs such as se demander (to wonder) or savoir (to know).

Asked 6 years ago

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Jill W.C1KwizIQ community member

Question about use of "nous"

When we use "nous", is the object always referred to in the singular, such as "notre horloge"?

Asked 5 years ago

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Maarten K.C1KwizIQ Q&A super contributor

A very good revision

Thanks Aurelie. This is much easier to follow.

Asked 5 years ago

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Mark P.C1KwizIQ Q&A super contributor

En train de dormir or endormis?What would be the best way to say "I knocked at the door, but you were sleeping."?

Would était endormis bé acceptable here?

Asked 5 years ago

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Maarten K.C1KwizIQ Q&A super contributor

What great words French has for 'to spoil' ! When learning French really gets enjoyable

I thought "gâter" already had a nice sound for to spoil, but then I discover 'chouchouter' in this lesson, and my wife mentions 'dorloter'. They all just sound so 'right' for the sentiment to me. « Ma belle-sœur me chouchoute toujours avec une bonne choucroute. » Can't wait to hit her with that on the next Skype !

On a more grounded note: 'goes and walk the dog', would be either 'goes to walk the dog' (which is fine for the translation) or 'goes and walks the dog', at least in my part of the world.

Also, "la TV" is actually listed in both wordreference and Larousse (to my surprise) - TV is currently not accepted in translation, although it was used in the English script.

Asked 5 years ago

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Mike H.B2KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

En replacing a prepositional phrase beginning with "de"La liberté d'expression est un droit fondamental mais il faut ________ respecter les limites. The correct answer is "en", but it is seems to me that what must be respected is "la liberte", not "d'expression" which is not a phrase, but a modifier of la liberte.

Asked 4 years ago

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