An alternative approach to "C'est vs Il Est" ?It seemed to me that any time I was tested on "C'est" or "Il Est", I was simply guessing.
The closer a question matched one of the examples in the Lesson - the more likely I was to choose the correct answer. But if there was no exact match with an example in the lesson - I was stumped.
With respect, I found the following article somewhat easier to follow than the Lesson on this page:
https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/cest-vs-il-est/
That article uses the descriptor "determiner". IMO that descriptor seems to clarify everything for me.
There's a good article on determiners here:
https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/determiners/
So a determiner is just a posh name for a word that modifies a noun. It's similar to an adjective
The Lawless article is several times longer than the KwizIQ article. But if you ignore any material that is not mentioned in this current KwizIQ article, then the amount of instructional text will be about the same.
Here's how I read the Lawless article:
(1) Read every word from the start until just before the red warning triangle. .
(2) You can ignore the material immediately after the red triangle. It's useful info, but it's not tested by KwizIQ.
(3) Restart reading at "2. C’est and il est with inanimate nouns".
(4) Ignore everything after the green scales icon. Again, it's useful info but - but not tested in KwizIQ.
Thanks
Bonjour,
When would it be appropriate to use 'à tout à l'heure' instead of 'À très bientôt'?
Merci!
Bonjour,
I found very interesting sentence causing me a headache.... "Il n'en est venu aucun".
According to lessons, the sentence is negated by placing the two parts of the negation on each side of the auxiliary verb (avoir or être) in a compound sentence like the passé..
However, as you can see in this sentence, one part of negation, "aucun" is located at the end of sentence. And I found this sentence from a dictionary and so there must be no grammer problem...
I've been searching and googling for hours but did not get any to understand the sentence...So, May I ask someone to kindly explain this please?
Thank you so much in advance!
Il me semble un peu injuste de ne pas offrir les chiffres écrits en mots comme option.
Hello .
I was asking why is it .that some words are join when u speak them and other are divided when u speakin..why
It seemed to me that any time I was tested on "C'est" or "Il Est", I was simply guessing.
The closer a question matched one of the examples in the Lesson - the more likely I was to choose the correct answer. But if there was no exact match with an example in the lesson - I was stumped.
With respect, I found the following article somewhat easier to follow than the Lesson on this page:
https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/cest-vs-il-est/
That article uses the descriptor "determiner". IMO that descriptor seems to clarify everything for me.
There's a good article on determiners here:
https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/determiners/
So a determiner is just a posh name for a word that modifies a noun. It's similar to an adjective
The Lawless article is several times longer than the KwizIQ article. But if you ignore any material that is not mentioned in this current KwizIQ article, then the amount of instructional text will be about the same.
Here's how I read the Lawless article:
(1) Read every word from the start until just before the red warning triangle. .
(2) You can ignore the material immediately after the red triangle. It's useful info, but it's not tested by KwizIQ.
(3) Restart reading at "2. C’est and il est with inanimate nouns".
(4) Ignore everything after the green scales icon. Again, it's useful info but - but not tested in KwizIQ.
Thanks
Is un repas an acceptable alternative to un dîner ?
Also chez nous instead of à la maison.
I don't know what party favours are, let alone what the French word for them might be.
With regards to both conjugations, is one more common than the other when speaking and the same when writing. I think a French friend of mine said once that one is more common over the other when writing.
Also, should I learn both ways or just the one that I find easier?
Thank you
how do you type a circumflex - I looked this up and it said control-shift, the symbol above the 6 and then the letter. That didn't work
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