French language Q&A Forum

Questions answered by our learning community with help from expert French teachers

14,715 questions • 31,883 answers • 971,036 learners

Ask a question

Find your French level for FREE

And get your personalised Study Plan to improve it

Find your French level

Sydney B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

'rencontre' in the future in Horoscope de l'année

I wrote 'rencontrerez' for the future of the verb rencontre, & I got it right in the fill-in-the-blank exercise Horoscope de l'année (Le Futur); however, it doesn't seem to fit into the pattern for either regular -er and -ir verbs in the future or -re and -dre verbs in the future, and it directed me to this page, so I'm confused.

Asked 4 years ago

Like0Answer2

Steve G.A2Kwiziq community member

French Kwiziq learning

Why oh why don't you have an app?

Asked 5 years ago

Like1Answer2

Cher H.A2Kwiziq community member

brûla pendant huit jours. = burned for eight days.L'huile, qui ne devait brûler qu'un jour, brûla pendant huit jours.The oil, which was supposed to burn only one day, burned for eight days.I have a question in one of the quiz of this lesson, I don't have problem with the use of qui. I just want to know what tense 'brûla' is in. It isn't passe compose nor imperfect. I can't figure out what tense it is.

Asked 5 years ago

Like0Answer1

O. A.B1Kwiziq community member

Dégoûtant, n’est pas?As dégoûtant in this context is associated with/referring to « la peau » (féminine), why does the adjective not change to dégoûtante?

Asked 5 years ago

Like0Answer2

amito n.A0Kwiziq community member

First tests in A0

But how can you know which country a person comes from even when they do not give they just ask the person

can you please explain because i do not understand

please, thanks

i am waiting

Asked 5 years ago

Like0Answer1

David B.C1Kwiziq community member

Correction needed?In the lesson we are given plural examples and the singular examples are next, so shouldn't "(Note that y can replace plural things too)" be "(Note that y can replace singular things too)"?

Asked 4 years ago

Like0Answer1

Stephanie S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

'refers to' and 'dampen one's passion'

In the first sentence I translated "refers to" as "se réfère à" and was marked wrong. I also used 'atténuer' to translate 'dampen', and that was marked wrong, too. Are those corrections really correct?

Asked 4 years ago

Like1Answer1

Vikki W.C1Kwiziq community member

Subjunctive and tenses in other clauses

I'm even more confused now. You say that you use the present subjunctive when the time frame of the 2 clauses are contemporaneous. It seems to me that in English the tenses are the same eg "I started" and "everybody warned" are both in the past tense. However, in the french translation it shows "commence" in present (subjunctive) and "tout le monde m'avait prévenu" in the pluperfect. Can you help please

Thanks

Asked 4 years ago

Like0Answer2

Irene H.C1Kwiziq community member

The above test vs. what's presented sentence by sentence in the exercise

Are the words chosen in the text above the best way to express the thoughts? because they don't necessarily match the "best" response in the exercises.

Asked 5 years ago

Like0Answer1

Richard B.C1Kwiziq community member

Should there be a subjunctive after j'ai pensé que...?

Apologies if this is the wrong topic, but does pense que express uncertainty such that it would be followed by a subjunctive?

Thanks!

Asked 4 years ago

Like0Answer1