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Ian T.A1Kwiziq community member

Je voudrais un tasse de café, mais je ne veux pas des sucre. Est-ce correct ?

Asked 5 years ago

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Stuart B.B1Kwiziq community member

How can you be more specific with pain?E.g., with knee pain it’s usually the left or the right knee rather than both. What do I add to say the right knee, or left eye, or front tooth etc. I guess the latter involves prepositions ...

Asked 6 years ago

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Leon P.C1Kwiziq community member

But sometimes "celles" ... means "these", as in "Celles sont les miennes." Right?

Asked 7 years ago

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Jho L.A0Kwiziq community member

Je viens de Philippines

Asked 5 years ago

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Claudia A.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

J'ai mal aux dents

Salut a tous

If aux dents is plural how can it be translated as I have a toothache?

Merci

Asked 5 years ago

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Chris W.B2Kwiziq community member

Not fully explainedThe question was about "Un vraiment beau monument" which I obviously got wrong. I think I understand that beau should have been at the end, but it is not clear where vraiment shoul go. Please explain

Asked 7 years ago

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Teresa P.C1Kwiziq community member

I'm confused about the difference in using "avant que" et "quand".

Asked 7 years ago

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Sagar J.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Placement of 'aucun/e' in passé composé

I found this sentence interesting:

Nous n'avons acheté aucune voiture.

Don't both parts of a negation (ne + plus/jamais/que/etc) usually go before the participle?

Asked 5 years ago

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Diana S.A1Kwiziq community member

does the gender of the city matter

Asked 9 years ago

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Peter T.A0Kwiziq community member

When to use the definite articlesIn English, we often drop the definite article but it seems in French, that it is always used or used more often than in English, is this the case? What is the correct rule

Asked 8 years ago

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