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Jeuri M.C1KwizIQ community member

"Autant vous dire que je suis restée sans voix..."

Would "Je pourrais aussi bien" or "Je ferais aussi bien de" work here in the place of "Autant"? Is there a difference in meaning or register between Autant and those phrases, or situations where one would work and not the other? Thanks.

Asked 5 years ago

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Dragana E.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

is the conditionnel only after the "au cas où"J'en ai racheté, juste au cas où.

this is not in conditionnel

But this is:

Au cas où vous auriez faim, je vous ai fait un sandwich.

Asked 4 years ago

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D. A.C1KwizIQ community member

Why does the example regarding toilet paper above talk about "chocolat" but is translated as "disappointed" . Is this an idiom?t but is

Asked 5 years ago

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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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nicole r.A2KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Plural adjectives

Bonjour!

I noticed that in the sentence une femme heureuse at des femmes heureuses that the es was not underline like the others were.

I was hoping if you could fix that and underline the es so it could help the reader whose reading it understand it better. It was 2x on the same page.

Nicole

Asked 5 years ago

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Michael H.A0KwizIQ community member

reflexive possessionNous nous étonnons de ses bonnes notes.

...the exercise gives the translation of this sentence as 'We are astonished at his good marks' ...however, I don't see how you can tell the gender of the person with the good marks from this sentence...so surely the translation should be 'We are astonished at his/her good marks' ...? Unless you can tell the person described by the verb 'étonnons' ...but then I am sure this has no connection to the person being referred to in the sentence...

Look forward to your answer...

Asked 5 years ago

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Jilly C.C1KwizIQ community member

Use of 'en train de'Can I say 'je suis en train de lire ce livre' if I am reading the book but not actually at that moment?

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 6 years ago

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Ruby H.A0KwizIQ community member

Veux vs Voudrais?

Sometimes Vouloir (to want) is conjugated as veux at the present tense, but sometimes it is conjugated as veux for the pronoun je. Does this have to do with formality?

Asked 4 years ago

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manpreet kaur j.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

As I have read ... pouvait means was able to...then in the sentence Elle pouvait voir son petit-fils it means she was able to see her grand son!!!!!!I

Shouldn’t this be written as Elle pourrait voir son petit-fils?

Asked 6 years ago

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