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Gilberts I.B2Kwiziq community member

Ce serait génial si Joseph venait avec nous

Is the best way to understand this construction in the context of this lesson to think of the sentence in English as "If Joseph could come, it would be great"? An example of this reversed structure would be good in the lesson.

Asked 3 years ago

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Maria Isabel B.A1Kwiziq community member

how do I insert the accents in the words, my computer does not allowed

No puedo poner los acentos en las palabras francesas que hago?

Asked 5 years ago

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Louise L.B2Kwiziq community member

Why is “car mon père est très spécial” not correct? What is the difference between “car” and “parce que”?

Asked 4 years ago

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J. L.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

'apres + verb' used to schedule a promise!

In the lesson it explicitly states "Note that in French, if you're using après + [verbe], we consider that this action always takes place in the past of when you're speaking. "

However the following was a question for the tests on the lesson.

"After going food shopping, I'll help you with your homework." This is neither 'said in the past' NOR actually already happed(ie 'in the past'). While inelegant, it means "After i go shopping I will help you ..." The stipulated correct answer was "Après avoir fait les courses, je t'aiderai avec tes devoirs.'

Seems to fit the following translation "Apres je aurai fait les courses, je t'aiderai avec tes devoirs. Since both aactions are scheduled for the future with the homework help being predicated on the shopping being done.

Asked 5 years ago

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K. T.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

is a verb needed in the 'dont' clause?

Bonjour,

In one of the questions, ""Il a huit amis, dont cinq sont anglais", I see "sont" being used. But in all the examples in this lesson, no verbs are used in the "dont" clause.

Can I then also say, ""Il a huit amis, dont cinq anglais" ? Could someone clairfy?

Merci.

Asked 5 years ago

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Lincoln H.C1Kwiziq community member

Gerund vs infinitive

For the last sentence "je les ai vus descendre de leur voiture", I wanted to say "je les ai vus en descendant". Would my version basically mean "I saw them while I was getting out of the car"? Or can you use en descendant to refer to the aunt and uncle in this case? Thanks in advance.

Asked 5 years ago

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Rayan H.Kwiziq community member

Is this source helpul pogchamp?

This helped me with my french assignment in school so much!! Thank you !!!! pogchamp

Asked 5 years ago

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chris w.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

apres and apres que

'Elles rentrent après le bus les a déposées' is this wrong because le bus is the subject of the subordinate clause? Bearing in mind this: https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/apres-vs-derriere/ which suggests native speakers do whatever they can to avoid apres que?

Asked 4 years ago

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Martina S.B2Kwiziq community member

AM vs PM

I believe six-heures de l'après-midi should be a good option alongside dix-huit heures?

Asked 5 years ago

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Mark P.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

L'article? Xxl xxxl xxIl faut toujours aider plus petit que soi.One must always help those smaller than oneself.Why is this not Il faut toujours aider les plus petit que soi.?

Asked 4 years ago

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