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Sydney B.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

a reprint of what I posted 8 months ago on Future Simple with -er, -ir'rencontre' in the future in Horoscope de l'année

I wrote 'rencontrerez' for the future of the verb rencontre, & I got it right in the fill-in-the-blank exercise Horoscope de l'année (Le Futur); however, it doesn't seem to fit into the pattern for either regular -er and -ir verbs in the future or -re and -dre verbs in the future, and it directed me to this page, so I'm confused.

Asked 4 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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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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Bronwyn S.C1KwizIQ community member

Using "dont"

Hi, in the example "François, dont j'ai rencontré la femme le mois dernier", can one say "François, dont la femme j'ai rencontré le mois dernier"?

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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Jeffrey B.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Quel Est Le Contexte De Ces Verbes ?

Désolé de commencer à ressembler à un disque rayé avec ces questions contextuelles, mais :

J'ai vu les verbes emballer et déballer utilisés pour décrire l'emballage et le déballage de manière générique. Les verbes emballer et déballer sont-ils utilisés principalement pour déplacer un ménage ou une entreprise entière ?

The best I can fathom, verb usage changes with an increase in scale/size or something becoming more of a commercial activity (not necessarily workplace jargon, that happens in every language). Am I on to something here or am I way off-base?

Asked 3 years ago

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Maarten K.C1KwizIQ Q&A super contributor

It would be useful to give a hint

«Faire de qqn» proved to be a difficult expression to track down anywhere. It was suggested by deepL - but without any explanation, of course. Looking at questions below, it seems others have pondered over this as well.

A hint here that it is literally 'make of me' would be very useful. Of course, in English we usually leave 'of' out, and just say 'make me', or move the words around to 'make (something) of me'.

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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Sydney B.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Enfin, après vous être imprégnés de tous les paysages somptueux,

In the phrase, "Enfin, après vous être imprégnés de tous les paysages somptueux,", I don't understand how "vous être imprégnés" using the infinitive in the French corresponds to the English translation, "after soaking up". Is "être" a typo where "êtes" should have been used instead?

Asked 4 years ago

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Thy M.B1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

sur Orléans

Hi,

I wonder why is it "sur Orléans" and not "à Orléans" ?

Asked 2 years ago

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