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Erin A.A1Kwiziq community member

Pronunciation of produisent l’oxygène.

Coucou!

I dont understand the recorded pronunciation in this phrase : Les plantes produisent l’oxygène. Why is the “ent” silent in produisent? And why is the “l” silent in l’oxygène?

Merci pour votre aide

Asked 5 years ago

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Paul F.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Missing word?

In the first sentence I think it should be written "je ne m'attendais pas à ce que CE soit si grand". (The 2nd "ce" can be heard on the audio file, but does not appear in the text)

Asked 4 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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Paul F.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

En segway dans le parc

The title of this exercise is "En segway dans le parc", but I was wondering why it was not "À segway dans le parc", as I understood "en" is used with forms of transport we get inside like en train, en bus, en voiture, en kayak and en avion; but "à" is usually used for forms of transport that we ride or walk without physically entering first e.g. à pied, à vélo, à moto and à cheval; and I thought segways would logically fit into the latter category?

Asked 4 years ago

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Lianne L.B2Kwiziq community member

Gender neutral forms

A challenging topic I've been trying to learn about recently is finding gender neutral terms to use for non-binary people's jobs. For example, "Iel est bibliotechnician." In this case, using -an as an alternative to the masculine -en and feminine -enne.

I don't really have a question. I'm just expressing that this is a difficult aspect of this French topic!

Asked 3 years ago

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Jeff S.C1Kwiziq community member

Leurs prouesses ou leur prouesse?

J'ai écrit 'leur prouesse'. Est-ce qu'il y a une différence phonétique entre le singulier et le pluriel?

Asked 5 years ago

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D. A.C1Kwiziq community member

tense of subjunctive?"You went out even though I wasn't OK with it" is translated using the present subjunctive (sois d'accord). Why not use the passe compose in subjunctive mode here?

Asked 4 years ago

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