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chris w.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

He had more experience than I did'He had more experience than I did'is translated as ' Il avait plus d'experience que moi' I think that should be a translation of ' He had more experience than me'. Whereas 'Il avait plus d'experience que j'avais' which may not be grammatical or good french (is it? )but does not convert 'than I did', to 'than me'. This kind of approximation in translation whilst necessary in real life is not helpful in the learning process as we are having to guess at what you want .

Asked 4 years ago

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Kevin J.A2KwizIQ community member

Faire les magasins is as correct as faire le shopping

Come on guys, faire les magasins is as correct as faire le shopping. You admit this and, besides, you haven't made any distinction between the two options.

Asked 5 years ago

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Diane Z.A2KwizIQ community member

Chaque samedi vs le samedi pour dire: every Saturday.

Bonjour, dans une leçon controverse, il'y avait la question de "touts les vendredis" ou "le vendredi" pour aller en ville. Selon la leçon, la façon correcte pour exprimer : Paul takes the train every Friday = Paul prend le metro le vendredi. Dans cette exercise, vous constatez que Ma soeur va nager le samedi est faux pour dire "every Saturday.

Quelle response est bonne ou est-ce que quelque chose ou régle m'echape?

Merci,

Diane

Asked 5 years ago

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Alan R.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

The meaning of chien in this context

It seems strange that such a beautiful song should finish with the line “ In the shadow of your dog”. Chien can also be translated as charm eg avoir du chien. For what reason, therefore, is the final line not “ In the shadow of your charm”?

Asked 4 years ago

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Mark P.C1KwizIQ Q&A super contributor

Ambiguity!..je suis!. No idea what else to addje suis

Now that is bizarre!

Asked 5 years ago

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Archana J.C1KwizIQ community member

un doute

Can you tell me

1)Difference between 'une cour de basketball' et 'un terrain de basketball'

Merci

Asked 3 years ago

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Val M.B1KwizIQ community member

Sound on grammar videos

Hi, Just checking. - Are the grammar videos supposed to have soundtracks? Mine are silent and I've checked all my volume controls. The sample phrases are fine, though. Best regards, Val

Asked 6 years ago

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Anna M.C1KwizIQ community member

Après que j'ai vu ce film, j'étais OR j'ai été bouleversé?

In the "après que" lesson, should the above example read instead

Après que j'ai vu ce film, j'ai été bouleversé.

in order for the tense to agree with that of the main verb as indicated?

Of course, " j'étais bouleversé" sounds closer to "I was overwhelmed"

If the answer is no, what is the difference in meaning between the two "options"?

Thank you,

Anna

Asked 3 years ago

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Rahul D.A1KwizIQ community member

À votre avis

Imaginez que je suis sur le parking et j'essaye de démarrer ma voiture mais quelqu'un vient et me pose une question: "ça votre voiture?

Moi, je dis, “à votre avis” ? Donc, ici, à votre avis, ça veut dire, “Qu’est-ce que vous pensez”. En anglais on dit, “What else do you think?” ç'est ça?

FYI: I know the meaning of " À votre avis "but that meaning doesn't fit well in the upper scenario.

Merci!

Asked 6 years ago

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Mike H.B2KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Fureter is not on the list

Les enfants, curieux, ---I conjugated third person plural fureter as furettent. The correct conjugation is furetent [can't put accents here], but fureter is not on your list of eter and eler verbs that are conjugated in this way. Is this an oversight or am I missing something?

Asked 5 years ago

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