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Mary D.A2Kwiziq community member

Present tense of essayer

Has the conjugation of essayer in the present tense changed over the years? I learned "j'essaye" ( a long time ago ).

Asked 5 years ago

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Ann H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

un garçon vilainApparently vilain comes before the noun, but doesn't that adjective put the boy into a distinct category? and thus shouldn't it come after the noun? On the other hand lots of adjectives that come before the noun seem to me to put them into categories too. Such as genteel....How to see the difference?

Asked 7 years ago

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ola k.A2Kwiziq community member

HI,when we should use "ce qui" and when "qui" ?

Asked 8 years ago

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shelley s.A2Kwiziq community member

What verbs usually go with à?

Asked 8 years ago

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JoonAh N.A0Kwiziq community member

Where can I find more nationalities written in french apart from those mentioned in this lesson?

Asked 8 years ago

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Yury S.B1Kwiziq community member

The example for dropping 'ne' explétif in speechThe example in the remark near the end of the lesson does not have a negation in the main verb, so it wouldn't need 'ne' explétif. In fact, it's exactly the same phrase that was used in the first example in this lesson: Il est venu sans que tu le saches.

Asked 8 years ago

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Graham T.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

In the phrase "J'en viens ..." what is the en referring to? It seems superfluous.

Asked 5 years ago

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Diane L.B1Kwiziq community member

Meaning of expression “je me suis fait avoir comme un bleu”

What is the English for “ je me suis fait avoir comme un bleu.”

Asked 4 years ago

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Joakim R.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

connaître vs connaitreI was just judged incorrect for suggesting "connait" as the 3rd person present indicative version of the verb (should have been connaît). Now, I often go to fr.wiktionary.org to look up words' meaning and conjugations. It lists two verbs, connaitre and connaître with very similar meaning. Are these two distinct verbs or just two alternative spellings of the same verb?

Asked 8 years ago

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Catherine D.A1Kwiziq community member

If I wanted to say "I don't need" would I say je n'ai pas besoin or je n'ai besoin pas? I'm not sure I'm finding this phrase difficult!

Asked 6 years ago

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