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Ruth E B.B2Kwiziq community member

Quelgue(s) vs (un) peu de

Am I missing something? Why are there no "practice" exercises? My style of learning involves some practice of the chosen subject - sometimes LOTS of practice. As far as I can tell, you provide no practice exercises. I often have to search my other French books for appropriate practice.

Asked 4 years ago

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Vivian L.A1Kwiziq community member

Qu'est-ce que c'est (que)

Is there a difference between 3 ques and 2 ques? Confused.

Asked 5 years ago

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Anne D.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Numbers written in full

Just checking, the number of minutes are written out in full in all the examples - is there ever a situation in French where numerals are written instead? eg 23 instead of vingt-trois.

Asked 1 year ago

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Luiz G.A2Kwiziq community member

Doubt about the position of "au Père Noël"

Hello!
I saw that the correct answer was "la liste au Père Noël de ma fille"; does "lire la liste de ma fille au Père Noël" sounds/is wrong to french ears? Is there some rule or lesson about this?

Thanks in advance,
Luiz

Asked 5 years ago

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Catherine R.C1Kwiziq community member

Comment on the English phrasing

I'm being a bit pedantic but in English the first phrase is not

If I was rich I would go to Japan

that grammar is incorrect because it's conditional and it should be

If I were rich I would go to Japan

Asked 5 years ago

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M D.A2Kwiziq community member

DES for plurals

« Combien d’enfants avez-vous? »

Can’t figure out why this is right. Enfants is plural.

Wouldn’t you say « J’ai des enfants. »

Asked 4 years ago

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Tom A.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

à + infinitive construction

The English text 'she lay daydreaming for hours' is translated 'elle restait allongée à rêvasser pendant des heures'.

Does this use of an 'à + infinitive' construction imply some element of purpose (she lay down to daydream) or can it really be used simply to imply simultaneous activity? For example, could you say 'je fait le repassage à écouter la radio...'?

Asked 4 years ago

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Adrian B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Faire plus infinitive

The model text uses "ont fait transféré"—should that not be "ont fait transférer"? (As another thing, I don't think "saisi" should be translated into English as "seized" in this context: more like "informed" or "apprised".)

Asked 3 years ago

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Dhiraj J.A1Kwiziq community member

Question on an exampleVous pensez qu'elle chante bien.You think (that) she sings well.Can I understand why bien above is not feminine. I thought it would be given that both the girl singing and the word song in french are female?

Asked 5 years ago

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13 Pavan K.A0Kwiziq community member

Letter questions

Dear sir/madam

Where I can go letters practice in kwiziq is there are not please help this letters if you know that.

Asked 3 years ago

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