In the conditional phrase in the second sentence, we have "...si je ne voulais pas être père...". I have terrible hearing, but I thought I heard d'être père. I know that vouloir does not take a preposition to introduce an infinitive, so I was dubious. I certainly did not hear an elision of the 's' of pas with être. Are my ears deceiving me?

Asked 2 years ago

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SHAKTHI AKSHATA L.A1Kwiziq community member

Regarding asking one's name

Can anyone let me know what is the correct meaning of comment vous vous appelez?

Is it you call yourself... or your name is... ?

And, why do we use comment vous vous appelez? instead of Quel est votre nom?. and what's the difference between these two?

Asked 2 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 3 years ago

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nicole r.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

adjectives with complements

Hi,

I think i'm beginning to understand this part of the section of adjectives with complements. I made a sentence une langue difficile a apprendre. is that coorect to write and I also wrote un garcon courageux comme un dragon.

thanks

nicole

Asked 3 years ago

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Bert K.C1Kwiziq community member

À vélo vs en vélo

When I wrote "à vélo" I received a correction that I should have written "en vélo." However, I was under the impression that both "en vélo" or "à vélo" are acceptable (see: À/en + [means of transportation] (French Prepositions)). Was this an error or is there a reason that "à vélo" is not acceptable here?

Asked 1 year ago

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emre ö.A2Kwiziq community member

depuis ou pendant

Selon moi j'étudie depuis 2 mois en France = I have been studying in France for 2 months

J'ai étudié pendant 2 mois en France = I have studied in France for 2 months.

Est-ce que c'est faux pourriez-vous m'aider

Asked 4 years ago

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Valerie L.A1Kwiziq community member

soudain versus soudainment

This excerise, says 'soudain' instead of 'soudainment'... can someone speak to this for me please :) Or point me to a lesson! Thank you.