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Anish K.A1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Is it more appropriate to say use Qu'est-ce que c'est que in spoken form? ...and Qu'est-ce que c'est is appropriate written form. What did we mean by more formal?

Asked 7 years ago

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Catherine B.B2Kwiziq community member

Re glacials/glaciaux and finals/finaux Hi, Just to confirm that glacials/glaciaux and finals/finaux can be interchanged, with no rule as to when to use each one? Thanks, Catherine

Asked 8 years ago

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David S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Mangeons-en vs allez-vous enThe lesson shows us "mangeons-en" and I know that "allez-vous en" is a valid sentence. Both are imperative. Why the difference in construction? Why is it not "mangeons-nous en" or "allez-en"? It is just that "allez-vous en" is an idiom or there some underlying graammatical rule?

Asked 6 years ago

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Roy S.A2Kwiziq community member

J'habite à Toronto en Canada. Est-ce vrai?

Asked 5 years ago

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Rita L.A1Kwiziq community member

Bonjour a tous! Je m'appelle Rita. Je viens de Vilnius en Lituanie.

Asked 8 years ago

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Nev D.B2Kwiziq community member

"I only have a book" vs "I only have one book"Hi, I'm wondering about the difference between "I only have a book" and "I only have one book", which mean distinct things. It seemed to me that "Je n'ai qu'un livre" would be the former when I encountered it first. Is there anything that would differentiate the two English sentences? (No biggie, just wondering.)

Asked 6 years ago

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Alvin S.B1Kwiziq community member

Relflexive verb: se moquer

The example verbs in the lesson (se lever) and most of the ones presented in the tests (se coucher, se laver, se réveiller) all follow the same pattern-- in that the action is done on/to the subject or the subject own body. However, with the verb se moquer the action is done to someone else and requires the use of "de".

It's unclear why one wouldn't say "Ils me moquent" instead of "Ils se moque de moi". Can some explain this a bit?

Asked 5 years ago

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Claudia D.B2Kwiziq community member

Using le for les escargots instead of les

i was wondering why for the sentence

j’aime les escargots. It becomes je le aime instead of je les aime.

thank you

Asked 6 years ago

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