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Tom A.C1KwizIQ Q&A super contributor

De nombreux peuples et cultures anciennes

Does this mean numerous people and ancient cultures? I ask because I would have expected the phrase to be numerous ancient people and cultures but for that to be the case wouldn't anciennes have to be masculine to reflect the mixed gender of the group of nouns?

Asked 4 years ago

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Bill K.B2KwizIQ community member

monnaie v montant

I wrote, "Je n'ai pas le montant exact."

Would that have worked in that setting?

Asked 4 years ago

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Ashley E.A1KwizIQ community member

The Seaside in French

How do you say this in french:

'Last year, I went to Italy on holiday, with my family and we stayed at a hotel. We went to a beach and swam in the sea. We played in the sand, together, and built a large sandcastle. In the afternoons, we visited monuments and went to churches. For dinner, we always ate pizza and it was delicious. It was amazing!'

Asked 5 years ago

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Carol L.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

nous irons voir

I had the same problem that Kathleen had even after I listened to it a number of times. Of course, once I saw the correct version, it was wonderfully clear!

Asked 6 years ago

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Linda S.C1KwizIQ community member

plural verbIl faut que vous ________ d'ici dix heures. Why is the answer soyez partis and not soyez parti. if the sentence is plural and not formal, there should be some indication.

Asked 5 years ago

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Andrea N.B2KwizIQ community member

A short clarification will help-suggestion only!

Since the lesson title includes (+ avoir ), the reference to se méprendre + auxiliary verb être , would be very helpful.

Asked 6 years ago

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Selvi S.KwizIQ community member

Bonsoir a' tous. Can u explain the agreement of past participle with relative pronoun qui

Can u explain the agreement of past participle with the relative pronoun qui

Asked 6 years ago

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Tom A.C1KwizIQ Q&A super contributor

faire de lui / en faire

I notice that the preferred translation of 'which makes him the first Frenchman to be in charge of the ISS' is 'ce qui fait de lui le premier Français en charge de la SSI' rather than 'ce qui en fait le premier ...'. All the grammar books I look at say that en can stand for 'de' plus a person - but I can see that in practice 'en fait' for 'makes him' is almost never said in French. Is it just too literary for this kind of phrase?

Asked 2 years ago

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Ozan D.A2KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

agreement with indirect objectsindirect object pronouns. For those, there is never any agreement.
Does this rule is valid when the object pronouns are me,te,nous,vous

il nous ai parlé or il nous ai parlés
Whic one is true?
I wish your helps thank you so much

Asked 6 years ago

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Gordon M.C1KwizIQ community member

J'ai pédalé dans la choucroute

J'ai pédalé dans la choucroute est un expression tres droll. J'aime beaucoup. Vous auriez dû le mention dans the leçon.

Asked 5 years ago

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