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Barbara D.C1Kwiziq community member

pourquoi "lui' et pas "y"?

la fin de la deuxième phrase - les termes que le Chancelier allemand Adolf Hitler LUI imposerait.

"LUI" parce que les termes seraient imposés au maréchal Pétain. ou

"Y" parce que les termes seraient imposés à la France. (...la France accepterait les termes que le Chancelier allemand Adolf Hitler y imposerait.)

Asked 3 years ago

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nicole r.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

placement of adverbs

Hi,

I was wondering when you use the adverbs absolument and totalement do they use the rule #5 in the lesson for adjectives with adverbs?

Thanks

Nicole

Asked 3 years ago

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Angel M.B1Kwiziq community member

Pounds and Pence

I got "nearly" as an answer on a quiz for an example that was never given. 5,900.45 (pounds) is never shown as 5.900,45 in French, only 5 900, 45 in French. Please explain.

Asked 2 years ago

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Kate B.C1Kwiziq community member

Statement to question

Statement: Alain a paye l'hotel

Why is the question: Alain paye-t-il l'hotel and not Alain a-t-il paye l'hotel?

Sorry - I can't find the accents!!!

Asked 4 years ago

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Carl C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

nous a le plus marqués

I don't understand "nous a le plus marqués" Maybe it should be "nous avons le plus marqués" ?

Asked 2 years ago

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Umur Ç.C1Kwiziq community member

Avant vs Devant

Hi Team,

Is there any explanation why we say "poche avant" and not "poche devant" in this text ?

Thanks,

UÇ

Asked 3 years ago

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Alan M.A1Kwiziq community member

J'ai passé un an en Espagne

That example doesn't make sense to me, if they are referring to the duration of time they spent in Spain, then why use an instead of année ? Even without the need of emphasizing the amount of time they spent in Spain, wouldn't the usage of année be required anyways due to the rule stating that you should use it when considering the amount of time in it's duration ?

Asked 2 years ago

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Richard M.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

“Needs to” apparent consistency

if ‘avoir envie de’ can be used as an alternative to ‘avoir besoin de’ for saying ‘needs to go to the bathroom’, why can’t it also be used for ‘needs to take a day off’? Isn’t it all down to context in both cases?

Asked 3 years ago

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K. K.A1Kwiziq community member

please help in these two examples:C'est le fils de Martha.He's Martha's son.Qui est Sylvie ? - C'est ma sœur.Who's Sylvie? - She's my sister.

surly if i say: “elle est ma sœur” or “il est le fils de Martha” that is a correct sentences right??????????? i m sure/ think i ve heard that in french!!!! why shouldn’t it work????

this is very confusing

Asked 4 years ago

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Nahzelie M.A0Kwiziq community member

When to use what?

How do we know when to use the verb “avoir” or when we have to use the verb “être”? Or is that something we just need to memorize?

Asked 3 years ago

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