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Maeve L.A2KwizIQ community member

Why does the translation of “You were late this morning” use the imparfait tense when it is a 1 off specified action and not repeated?

Asked 3 years ago

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Shobana R.C1KwizIQ community member

En attendant Aline - Why do we use Le Futur Antérieur ?

In the activity "En attendant Aline (Le Futur Antérieur)"

It's two in the morning, she must have had an accident! Il est deux heures du matin, elle aura eu un accident !

As per my understanding, Futur Anterieur is used for "past" (anterior) events in the future. In this context, there is no future.. They are discussing the possibilities in the past. Could someone else explain. I went through the lessons on Futur Anterieur and did the quizzes. I was able to understand clearly. But this particular activity, I could not understand. Please help.

Asked 4 years ago

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nicole r.A2KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Est-ce que

Hello,

So what I'm getting here is use only Est- ce que when you have a yes or no question instead of inverted form?

Thanks

Nicole

Asked 5 years ago

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Truc Thanh V.B1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

what is the tense of " je m'endorme"?

Dear Aurelie,

In the sentence: Ma mere me .....ce que je m'endorme.

Why is it not "que je me suis endormi " here?

Thanks

Asked 5 years ago

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Sebastian S.A1KwizIQ community member

Where can i find practice exercises specific to these comparative adverbs?

I found this article: "https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/comparative-adverbs/", explaining how to use: "plus/moins/aussi que" and "plus/moins/autant de/que", and i did the 4-question kwiz at the of the lesson but I feel like I need more practice. Is there a way I could get more practice specific to these subjects?

Asked 4 years ago

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White L.A2KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

je vois l'architecte arriver

Bonjour - Can someone explain the grammaire for "je vois l'architecte arriver"? Why is "arriver" an infinitive? Merci!

Asked 4 years ago

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Ash D.C1KwizIQ community member

Se faire au lieu de "avoir"

Salut,

Pourquoi on utilise "se faire" au lieu de qqchose d'autre dans la phrase suivante:

Il faut qu'on se fasse une soirée films ...

Merci!

Asked 5 years ago

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Brian E.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Context for this tense

I’ll just echo the suggestion to add the context (e.g. as described by Chris) to this lesson. Prior to reading the context I was thinking “we don’t even use this tense in English”. After reading it I realised that of course we do use it, and I could understand where it could be meaningfully used.

Asked 5 years ago

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G B.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Capital letters

Any reason why la Psychologie has a capital 'P' but la littérature has a lower case 'l'?

Asked 4 years ago

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H. A.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Use of "n'est-ce pas"

In answer to this question...

"Marie vient demain" Now turn this sentence into a question, using "n'est-ce pas"
... I answered "N'est-ce pas que Marie vient demain?

Why is this wrong? I admit it seems clunky (overly formal?).