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Ron B.C1Kwiziq community member

Construction of the sentence in the example

Je ne comprends pas le temps que ca lui prend de se preparer ! Is an example given to illustrate when l'indicatif is used and not le subjonctif. That I understand but I find the the sentence interesting and would like to ask : 1. Could que ca lui be replaced by qu'elle prend ? and 2. Could que ca be replaced by celui que ?

Asked 5 years ago

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Marylee D.A1Kwiziq community member

We are from Marseilles

I am always confused about when to use the article le la l’...

We are from (de). does or does not need a la or a du (de le)

Asked 5 years ago

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Katie B.A1Kwiziq community member

retourner vs rendre Passé Composé

I know that typically, retourner is used to mean "to go back" and rendre is used to mean "to give back." But on this page: https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/auxiliary-verbs-2/ , which discusses using variable auxiliary verbs in the passé composé, it mentions that retourner can also be used transitively and in that case, it changes its meaning to "to give back." So in the passé composé, can retourner be used in the same way that rendre is?

For example, would both of these be correct?

1. J'ai rendu le livre à la bibliothèque.

2. J'ai retourné le livre à la bibliothèque.

Asked 1 year ago

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Marie C.C1Kwiziq community member

J’adore cette exercise...

J’adore cet exercise parce qu’il m’a fait découvrir un film vraiment amusant, et à une réalisatrice très interessante. En fait, j'ai pris du temps sur les exercices de grammaire pour regarder le film et je pense que je vais le revoir. Je veux en parler avec mon tuteur en Tunisie demain. Merci pour cela. Contenu vraiment super !

Asked 3 years ago

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Paul F.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Nous avons goûté les rougails à la saucisse

We say “j’aime le chocolat” (in general) or “j’ai mangé du chocolat” (a quantity). So I thought the translation for “we tasted sausage rougails with yellow rice” might be “nous avons goûté DES rougails”, but the answer was “nous avons goûté LES rougails”. I thought it would follow the same logic as the accompanying yellow rice, “… avec du riz jaune”. But my reasoning is obviously not quite correct. Can someone please explain why “les” and not “des” for the rougails?

Asked 3 years ago

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Caroline W.B1Kwiziq community member

Feminine adjectives

I thought the feminine of neuf was nouvelle, but it seems to be neuve. Can you explain please?

Asked 4 years ago

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