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Sarah A.C1Kwiziq community member

tous and tout

Please explain when to use tout and when to use tous.

Asked 2 years ago

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Ruth D.C1Kwiziq community member

plural of cent

In this lesson, Expressing Numbers from 70 to 999, the paragraph which begins "Note: Before the 1990 Spelling Reform, numbers including et as well as numbers higher than 100 didn’t include the hyphen...", has two examples, "deux cent" and "deux-cent", neither of which have "cent" written as "cents". They should have an "s" at the end shouldn't they, since they are not followed by another number?

Asked 2 years ago

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S. B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

je dois d'avoir entamé une psychothérapie

Why does "de" follow "je dois" and precede "avoir" in this sentence?

Asked 5 years ago

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Barbara D.C1Kwiziq community member

Verbe dans la phrase qui commence -- Toi qui aimes tant ...

Je crois que le deuxième verbe dans cette phrase devrait être --- Toi, qui aimes tant l'Australie, AVAIS suggéré Alex...

Toi,(tu) est le sujet de la phrase. Ai-je raison?

Asked 5 years ago

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Anne D.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Quelques/ des and un peu de

The lesson says quelques can translate as "some" and I’d be interested to know the situation in which you’d use it rather than "des"? Does it emphasise the quantity more?

Asked 3 years ago

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Mohit A.C1Kwiziq community member

Can this sentence "C'était la dernière fois que tu m'as dit que tu m'aimais." be translated in 2 ways?

According to the article, to express the previous time - we could use la dernière fois + the clause of the sentence. (la dernière fois is used interchangeably with la fois dernière if without a clause)

We can also use the same to express the last (final) time - la dernière fois + the clause.

How do I know which one this refers to? It could mean both the final time, or the previous time in the above sentence.

Asked 3 years ago

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Andrea N.B2Kwiziq community member

ajoutons des cheveux marron.

Is it 'des' because the reference is to some brown hair? I thought it always had to be: les cheveux !

Also, DES lèvres fines , but DE dents blanches! Cecile's response below indicates that "de" = of, while the 'des' related to thin lips means some? Would really appreciate clarification.

Asked 5 years ago

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Nathan S.C1Kwiziq community member

Mislabeled examples

Maybe it's just on my end but the "avoir" example has "eu" and "pris" examples under it.

Asked 4 years ago

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Rebecca L.C1Kwiziq community member

does "y" *HAVE* to replace a noun following "à"Je réponds à la lettre. Tu ________ réponds aussi.

I used "la" rather than "y," but that was considered wrong. How do I know when to use which?

Asked 3 years ago

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