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John L.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Je suisSo I am and I follow is the same? I am you = I follow you = je te suis?

Asked 9 years ago

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H. A.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Use of "avoir à" meaning "have to"

The translation of "In case you've never had to..." in the exercise is "Juste au cas où vous n'auriez jamais eu..." But surely "have had to" in this context is the future perfect of "must", and should be translated in French using the verb "devoir": "Juste au cas où vous n'auriez jamais dû..."?

Asked 5 years ago

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Jean W.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

concours et compétitionAre these two words completely interchangeable ? If not, in which circumstances are they used ?

Asked 9 years ago

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Sara C.B1Kwiziq community member

What about 'amour-propre' which means love of oneself, not clean love?

Asked 8 years ago

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D. A.A1Kwiziq community member

as or es

Tu es means “you are”

So when you ask someone Are you hungry?

It should be

Tu es faim?

But why are we saying?

Tu as faim?

Asked 5 years ago

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yellamaraju s.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Le impérfait is also used to express a habit like "avoir l'habitude de"Ils avaient l'habitude de se coucher avant 10 heures / Ils se couchaient avant 10 heures; Do both can be used to mean "used to go to bed before 10"?

Asked 10 years ago

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H. B.A0Kwiziq community member

le meme vs la memeTon écharpe ! C'est la même que la mienne.

I think it must be "le meme" because echarpe is masculine?

Asked 7 years ago

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malek a.A1Kwiziq community member

Difference between que, quoi qnd qu'est ce que

So do "Qu'est-ce que fais tu?", "Fais tu quoi?" and "Que fais tu?" all have the same meaning of 'What are you doing?'?

Asked 6 years ago

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Sally T.C1Kwiziq community member

Why is this lesson confusing ainsi que and aussie bien?

On the ainsi que lesson there is the following section:

ATTENTION:

You can only use aussi bien que in French when comparing abilities, as in "I do it as well as you do", but NOT in the above cases.

Note also that you can never use aussi que.I'm confused

Asked 5 years ago

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Barbara D.C1Kwiziq community member

J'ai arrêté de parler... vs. Je me suis arrêté de parler...

J'ai remarqué cette phrase (J'ai arrêté de parler de peur qu'elle ne se mette en colère.) dans un des examens (C1).

On peut utiliser le verbe pronominal dans la même phrase? Je me suis arrêté de parler de peur qu'elle ne se mette en colère? Cette phrase est aussi correcte?

Pourriez-vous m'expliquer la difference entre les deux verbes?

Merci

Asked 7 years ago

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