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Lori K.C1Kwiziq community member

A vs aux

Why une brosse a dents and not aux because dents is plural?

Asked 2 years ago

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Jacqueline V.C1Kwiziq community member

Qu’est ce qui v. Qu’est-ce que

I am having great difficulty with this despite various peoples attempt to explain. Could someone give a few more examples in English, just breaking the sentence down and showing how you understand which is the subject and which is the object. Thank you!

Asked 3 years ago

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Ash D.C1Kwiziq community member

Présent ou Passé

Hi there! Wondering if you could explain why sometimes "have been + verb" is in the present and sometimes the passé?

E.g. "... l"alsace est multilingue..." (Alsace has been multilingual...) vs. "l'Alsace a gardé son multilinguisme" (Alsace has kept it's multilingualism)

Merci d'avance!

Asked 2 years ago

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Frank C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Question about 'autres tissus

In the sentence, "Chaque après-midi, dès que la cloche sonnait la fin de l'école, je courais jusqu'à la devanture alléchante de la mercerie Arnaud qui regorgeait de bobines de fil coloré, de boutons enchanteurs et autres tissus à motifs, tous plus attrayants les uns que les autres.", there appear to be a series of nouns associated with the verb, regorger de. We have de bobines, de boutons, but tissus (not de tissus). Why isn't it d'autres tissus to follow the pattern ?

Asked 3 years ago

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Frank C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Translation of "the one"

In the translation of, "I've always been fascinated by French high fashion, of which Yves Saint-Laurent is one of the most iconic figures.", do we use l'une instead of l'un because of the agreement with the 'la figure' ?

Asked 2 years ago

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G B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

neuter pronouns

Elle et moi n'avons pas le même rythme de vie, je comprends ça

could I say instead :

Elle et moi n’avons pas le même rythme de vie, je le comprends

Asked 3 years ago

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Rob B.C1Kwiziq community member

Jamais encoreMarco n'ira plus jamais à un concert de rock.

“jamais encore” is not acceptable? You cannot say “ Marco n'ira jamais encore à un concert de rock”?

Asked 3 years ago

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Jacqueline V.C1Kwiziq community member

To have patience/to be patient

So one can say: Il fait que tu aies de la patience and Il fait que tu sois patient - yes? Both are grammatically correct in English? You must have patience / You must be patient. One being a noun the other an adverb.

Asked 1 year ago

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Joanne H.B1Kwiziq community member

accorde à sujet

Hi there, just wondering why we don't need to accord the 'grande forme' as 'grandes formes' with the attackers (plural)

"et nos attaquants ne sont pas en grande forme."

Thanks!

Asked 4 years ago

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chris w.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Je ne pensais guère à lui."

Why is this not 'Je ne lui pensais guere' please?