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Gazala K.A2Kwiziq community member

Dans cette comptine, c'est Arlequin qui était au lit? Alors qui est Pierrot ? Celui sur la lune ?

Asked 4 years ago

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Mike H.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Gender agreement

Mes chausseurs ne vont pas ensemble: _____ est bleu est l'autre jaune-colors may be wrong. I put l'un which was wrong and l'une was right. What am I missing here, chausseur is masculine

Asked 4 years ago

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Jagoda D.B1Kwiziq community member

ne personneWhy I can not say "ne sort personne" and I have to say "ne sort avec personne"?

Asked 5 years ago

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Irene H.C1Kwiziq community member

Prenait vs. prendraitWhy doesn't, "She would wear it all the time" not translate to "Elle le prendrait tout le temps"? 'Would wear' is the conditional tense, no? Thank you.

Asked 5 years ago

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Carol W.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

parle de or a

to think of someone is both de and a int he examples, is there a way to know which to use?

Asked 4 years ago

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Megan H.C1Kwiziq community member

possessive pronoun

Hi.

How come 'croire ses yeux' but 'faire les ongles'? I thought that it should be 'croire les yeux' as possessive pronouns should not be used for parts of the body.

Thanks

Megan

Asked 5 years ago

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Claire W.B1Kwiziq community member

Wrong rule for adjective placementA few years ago, Kenneth asked this question:

“This lesson is kind of confusing me. At school I learned that the superlative must come after the noun unless the adjective would come before the noun, and in that case the placement would be a choice. The French About page on superlatives also states this rule. So wouldn't "Marie est la plus intelligente fille de la classe" be incorrect?”

I am also confused and would appreciate clarification.

Asked 5 years ago

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Russ B.B2Kwiziq community member

What is the purpose of "de" here?

For the sentence "pour faire de nouveaux objets en verre". If I were writing this, in order to give the same meaning, I would say "pour faire des nouveaux objets en verre". I could not really grasp the meaning it adds. Can you explain please?

Asked 3 years ago

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Virginia Y.B2Kwiziq community member

English Tenses

I'll be right there in English is actually the use of the future continuous tense, as is I'll be there in two seconds. I'll is a contraction of I WILL.
Not a good example for using the present tense in English.
English teacher speaking here.

Asked 3 years ago

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Helena K.C1Kwiziq community member

Le vs de

I don’t understand why you say ” Mais je n’avais pas LE choix”, but (I google translated this, as I first thought you were wrong here) "Je n’avais pas DE choix"

Please explain as I’m learning on my own and have no teacher to ask. I don’t even get where to look in the grammar for this.

Asked 2 years ago

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