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
Why is 'Anna' immediately followed by 'elle' ?
J’ai utilisé les médecins dans la texte. Ce n’est pas correct ?
Lesson says says que go before what the only is related to
. As he earned only 1000 I put que before 1000 but it is marked wrong. Please explain
does participe passé agree with direct object when "on" is the subject of the passive sentence.
for example on l'a regardée (she was watched)(la is feminin article)
ı wish your helps thanks
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
There were two cases in this exercise where I felt that my word should be acceptable but it was not given as an option:
1.Your answer: Janine était professeur de français avant; whereas mine was : Autrefois, Janine était....... Why would autrefois not be acceptable?
2. For such a short word, 'so' can be confusing. The English phrase was "so that wasn't too complicated!". Would ainsi be correct? I can imagine the english word 'thus' in this context.
Isn't "jour" masculine. So why is it "derniere"
Why does the sentence "quatre jolies filles" have the adjective before the noun?
(I know this question is not related to the topic of this article, but there doesn't seem to be an equivalent example in the relevant article.)
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