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Rhys H.C1Kwiziq community member

Combien with inversion

I was wondering how you would put combien into a question with inversion; and I couldn't find any lessons adressing this specifically. This occurred to me while thinking about the question "How many words in the dictionary?" Would it be:

Combien de mots la dictionnaire a-t-elle?

Combien la dictionnaire a-t-elle de mots?

La dictionnaire a-t-elle combien de mots?

Or would it be something different?

Anyway, I just need to ease my curiosity.

Asked 2 years ago

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Mark P.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Does not answer problem

Arrived here from a Kwiz and given a choice of même and pareille.. i choose la pareille.. which it said was wrong and directed me here for an explanation.. not seeing pareille and any explanation as to why I was wrong?

Asked 5 years ago

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nicole r.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Component adjectives

Bonjour,

I was wondering what do you mean by component adjectives? I see electric cable a wild animal etc but I am unsure why they are component.

Merci

Nicole

Asked 4 years ago

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Robin B.C1Kwiziq community member

en vs dans -- and NO this wasn't answersDemain, nous aurons peu de temps pour déjeuner. Nous mangerons ________ trente minutes seulement. Tomorrow, we'll have little time to have lunch. We'll eat in only thirty minutes. This is the FUTURE so why not "dans"

Asked 5 years ago

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Aayushi T.A2Kwiziq community member

"descendent" pronunciation

Is the second 'd' in "descendent" pronounced because in the audio file it seems like it isn't? (Les enfants descendent de la voiture) Or is it not pronounced because of the "de" succeeding it?

Asked 3 years ago

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Tom G.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Alternate word choice

In the first phrase, "Quand je gagnerai au loto", could remporterai be used instead of gagnerai? Don't both these verbs mean to win.

Asked 5 years ago

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N. Hilary (Shamrockhill) W.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Ce sont des vacances en amoureux

While I got this sentence right, I wonder what the exact English translation is of "des vacances en amoureux"? Is this the same as "lune de miel" ?

Merci !

Asked 3 years ago

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Adrian B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Where is this guy's accent from?

He makes "derrière" sound like "dye air". (Of course, one has to deal with accents, but this one made his part of the dialogue quite challenging.)

Asked 2 years ago

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Brian E.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

“Y” in audio, but not in text

I think that the text “Nous ramassions des coquillages” has the audio “Nous y ramassions des coquillages”.

Asked 5 years ago

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Fraulein G.A1Kwiziq community member

Describing people

It seems that the examples are in bad taste. Do French people talk about people so subjectively?

The only time polite people talk about appearances is when they are describing a person wanted by police for a crime.

Asked 4 years ago

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