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B. S.A1KwizIQ community member

plu de plus de do we have lessons explaining when to use plu de and plus de? Thanks Bonnie

Asked 9 years ago

Yuri G.C1KwizIQ community member

What is the difference between "jeudi prochain" and "le jeudi d'arpès»? Would it be correct to explain that "jeudi prochain" is the next Thursday, i.e. from today, while "jeudi d'après" is "the following Thursday" regardless the time reference point (i.e. it could be the next Thursday from the event that had taken place a year ago) ?

Asked 9 years ago

yellamaraju s.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Meaning:they really put the small dishes in the bigIls ont vraiment mis les petite plats dans les grands - is this meaning right? Request clarification

Asked 10 years ago

Chris W.B2KwizIQ community member

Décéder & Devenir I was caught out as I hadn't learnt that Décéder & Devenir are etre verbs in passe compose: they are not in the "traditional" group (and not in the house photo on Wikipedia). Are there any other rogue verbs that use etre?

Asked 10 years ago

Pauline B.B1KwizIQ community member

Being the tu form of the imperative for manger ?

Asked 7 years ago

Max K.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

NE PAS VOULOIRJe ne veux pas parler avec elle means I REFUSE to speak with her. NE PAS VOULOIR always entails a refusal. To say I don't want to talk with her would be Je n'ai pas envie de parler avec elle. Does any one disagree with the above? This seems pretty fundamental.

Asked 9 years ago

steven l.B1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Using "non" to replace "n'est-ce pas"

What about adding "non" at the end of a question when seeking confirmation?

Such as "Tu parles anglais, non?" as a shorthand for "Tu parles anglais, n'est-ce pas?"

Asked 8 years ago

Lorie R.C1KwizIQ community member

Une vraie histoire

In the expression "une vraie histoire," is there any implication that the elaborate story is untrue? In English, "quite a story" can suggest that the audience might doubt the truth of the story. Is there any of that implied in French?

Asked 6 years ago

Kevin C.B1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Is the point of this lesson that the conditional of pouvoir is used to express possibility?Is the point of this lesson that the conditional of pouvoir is used to express possibility? I don't grasp the difference between "pouvez-vous m'aider" and "pourriez-vous m'aider", or would you just not say the first one?

Asked 9 years ago

Luthien T.A0KwizIQ community member

indefinite ''des'' vs partitive ''des''

Ok, we know that: '' Partitive articles, du, de la, & de l' (some/any) are used with mass nouns. Definite articles (le, la, l', les) and indefinite articles (un/une/des) are used with countable nouns.

Then what partitive ''des'' is used for? What is the difference between those two ''des''? The indefinite ''des'' vs the partitive ''des''. Are not there any uncountable nouns that have any plural form or something like that?

Asked 5 years ago

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