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Michelle P.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

D'en--how to you it and it is required?

As you don't have a skill relating to d'en, I'm linking this to the skill related to de phrases and en.

I'm guessing that d'en, as I keep hearing it, replaces "des/de + noun" (though I'm still somewhat confused about it). But it is really necessary to use d'en? Couldn't you just use le/la/les (or in some cases, ça/cela). As in "J'aurais mieux fait d'en prendre." could I just say "J'aurais mieux fait les prendre"?? If d'en is required, how do I know when I need to use it as opposed to le/la/les (apart from 'fixed' expressions like "d'en haut")?

Asked 7 years ago

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Advika K.A1Kwiziq community member

Un acteur une actrice

Asked 9 years ago

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Barbara H.A2Kwiziq community member

Why is “personne” plural

Why is personne considered a plural noun? I thought it needed an “s” to be plural.

Asked 5 years ago

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Dennis S.C1Kwiziq community member

Avoir confiance en vs. Faire confiance àJ'ai écrit: "J'ai confiance en mon frère" (au lieu de "Je fais confiance à mon frère) sur un quiz et cette réponse était marqué comme incorrect. J'ai pensé que "avoir confiance en" est égal à "faire confiance à"? C'est vrai ou non? Regardez: https://www.wordreference.com/enfr/trust

Merci!!!

Dennis

Asked 6 years ago

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diana b.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

la céréale- tous ses céréales? Tom's first day back to school

c'est correct? "et il a mangé tous ses céréales"

Asked 5 years ago

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John I.B2Kwiziq community member

vous êtes assis??Hi - the example "Le canapé dans lequel / où vous êtes assis m'a coûté une fortune", the translation has me a bit confused (where you're sitting = vous êtes assis). My mind wants to make "where you're sitting" the present tense - ie: vous (vous) asseyez. However if the passé composé is correct, my brain wants to either write vous vous êtes assis, or vous avez assis?? Thanks in advance..

Asked 10 years ago

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Elijah N.C1Kwiziq community member

"Soit que .... , soit que ..."

I just read "soit que" somewhere and I wonder if it means the same. If not, what is the difference? The googled explanation didn't really make sense...

Asked 4 years ago

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John I.B2Kwiziq community member

Verb conjuction after Chaqun(e) des .....I noticed in the examples the conjugation is in the singular form and not plural, ie, chaqune des femmes apporte un plat (and not apportent un plat). Is there a simple way to explain this for me to remember (ie I want to say "chaqune des femmes" is more than one lady, so it is "they", so it's "elles apportent". I know its not the case here, but not sure why...?)

Asked 9 years ago

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Jayani P.A2Kwiziq community member

When exactly we should use depuis with present?

Asked 10 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?