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William C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Six heures cinquante?

The question was

Il est ________ .It's ten to seven AM.

Why was six heures cinquante marked incorrect?

Asked 7 years ago

Joakim R.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

monter with être/avoirLes explorateurs ont monté la colline / Les explorateurs sont montés sur la colline. Do these mean the same thing?

Asked 10 years ago

D. L.B1Kwiziq community member

Seems odd....Nous venons juste d'apprendre la nouvelle. We've just heard the news..... I find it rather disconcerting and only slightly confusing, but often for me the structure and specific wording in french is left somewhat "open ended". This sentence is a perfect example. We have learned that Entendre is to hear and Apprendre is to learn, and yet here you see them used almost in error. If we are saying we have just learned of the news, we should state that and if we have just heard it then why not say that? Why use the word learned and say heard? Seems odd. Further, why include "just" in a sentence that already implies this meaning with the passé récent of Nous venons d'.... if we translate this sentence Without the word "just" as shown above.... what do we have? Nous venons d'apprendre la nouvelle... ? And we are going to use Heard in the translation, why not, Nous venons d'entendre la nouvelle? Lastly, why do we not use Les nouvelles for the news, i think technically La Nouvelle is the new?!? It seems we say a lot things we don't mean.... and mean a lot of things we don't say..... perhaps it's the same in English.... can someone offer me some sound logic in this regard? Nous venons d'entendre les nouvelles... We just heard the news....Thank you so much....

Asked 9 years ago

Atul K.A2Kwiziq community member

pourquoi il n'est pas: Je viens d'Hong Kong?

Je viens d'Omaha.

mais

Je viens de Hong Kong.

pourquoi il n'est pas

Je viens d'Hong Kong?

Asked 7 years ago

Diane F.C1Kwiziq community member

so why is it Vous vous souvenez du chemin, et pas de chemin?

Asked 10 years ago

Hasan D.A1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

hier soir and hier nuit?

when I have a look at the meaning of "hier soir"; it is translated into french as last night and yesterday evening. doesn't hier nuit used to say last night?
thank you for naswers

Asked 4 years ago

Greg C.C1Kwiziq community member

What does Ado mean? Is it related to adorer or adorable?

Hi, I'm not sure what "Ado" means here. Is it related to adorer or adorable?

Asked 5 years ago

Phúc Đ.B2Kwiziq community member

Bonjour,

Could you please explain why "de" was used instead of "des" in the example of this lesson:

Je devrai changer de vêtements.

Merci.

Asked 5 years ago

Nev D.B2Kwiziq community member

"I only have a book" vs "I only have one book"Hi, I'm wondering about the difference between "I only have a book" and "I only have one book", which mean distinct things. It seemed to me that "Je n'ai qu'un livre" would be the former when I encountered it first. Is there anything that would differentiate the two English sentences? (No biggie, just wondering.)

Asked 8 years ago

Priscilla O.A2Kwiziq community member

when is les used and when is leur used

Asked 10 years ago

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