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Anne D.C1KwizIQ Q&A super contributor

soit…soit + choice between two verbs

A post further down says "soit..soit is used when followed by anything other than a verb". I’ve just done a quiz elsewhere where the answer they wanted was "Soit tu mets du déodorant, soit je te quitte"! Is this a usage that exists but isn’t good French? If so, what’s a better way to express it? I can’t imagine "soit que" is very common and "que" + subjunctive verb seems to be a yes/no situation (eg que tu le mettes ou pas) rather than offering two alternative verbs.

Thank you.

Asked 2 years ago

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Kathleen P.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

is it a rule to use de not des after a reflexive verb?

Ce festin s'accompagne de patates, de jambon et de cornichons

Asked 5 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 4 years ago

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Frank L.C1KwizIQ community member

You took this Kwiz 1 week, 4 days ago.This lesson is already in your notebook. Go to your notebook now to kwiz this topic as many times as you like.

This lesson is in my notebook so I'm in an endless loop here. I would like to do the kwiz for just this lesson. Seems like a coding problem. Apologies if this is the wrong place to report it.

Asked 5 years ago

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Julia K.C1KwizIQ community member

go to the park

Why was “je vais au parc” marked wrong. Isn’t it an alternative way of saying “I go to the park” along with “dans le parc”?

Asked 2 years ago

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James W.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

why isn't 'a commencé' in imperfect as I thought explaining a story called for it? I get it happened at a fixed point but its a description being told

Asked 5 years ago

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James M.C1KwizIQ community member

Question about location preposition

The question was: "Les parents sont ____________ la Poste." The hint sais that the parents were at the post office. My response was "Les parents sont dans la Poste." QUIZBOT said that the correct response is "Leas parenat sont a (with accent) la Poste. Why is "dans" not correct?

Asked 2 years ago

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Carolize J.C1KwizIQ community member

François l'Embrouille

Merci beaucoup, vous m'avez donné beaucoup de plaisir avec cet exercice - j'ai regardé quelques de ses vidéos sur YouTube (surtout celles avec des sous-titres, dont il n'y en a pas beaucoup). Je me pleurais de rire, aussi.

Asked 4 years ago

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Andrea N.B2KwizIQ community member

My shopping listJ'ai besoin des fruits et des légumes. Why was 'des' corrected to de?

Also, why cannot 'le temps' be used to say "now it's time to..." ? The correct answer was l'heure.

Asked 3 years ago

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Kaleigh O.A1KwizIQ community member

canadien / CanadienI think you have made an error in this example. Je connais un Canadien qui vit de l'autre côté de la rue.I know a Canadian who lives across the street.
You say all along that nationalities as an adjective are spelt all lowercase and not capitalized like in english. However here it is capitalized and even underlined!

...or am i missing something?

Asked 3 years ago

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