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Frank C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Paul's question re use of subjunctive

Auparavant, Paul et Cecile connaissent la raison de l'utilisation du subjonctif. J'ai cherché la bibliothèque de Kwiziq en ce qui concerne le mot meilleur et le subjonctif mais je n'ai rien trouvé. Est-ce que vous pouvez en élaborer ?

Asked 2 years ago

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eric d.C1Kwiziq community member

Why mark "nous sommes brossés" as almost correct?Nous ________ les cheveux.We brushed our hair(HINT: Conjugate "se brosser" (to brush) in the compound past (Passé Composé))nous sommes brossénous sommes brossés

Asked 2 years ago

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Frank C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Apply for

In the translation of "Before I applied for my current position...", you used postuler. Is "faire une demande de" not a possibility ?

Asked 3 years ago

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Alexandra B.A2Kwiziq community member

Why passe composseIls ont une relation spéciale avec leur public

Why we are using the passe compose here? Isnt it describing the situation?

Asked 2 years ago

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James S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Difficult for me

Hello,

I just started B2 and I had a hard time understanding a lot of this. I'm wondering if I should go back to a B1 level for awhile. Please let me know whether this is normal.

Thank you

Asked 2 years ago

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Rose Y.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Use of subjunctive

I used the subjunctive for the following:

La vue .... était la plus belle que j'aie jamais vue...... (subjective attitude?)

Asked 3 years ago

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Gilberts I.B2Kwiziq community member

Dans un vase à côté du lit

I question why "pres" was marked incorrect in this exercise. As I understand it, "à côté de" means exactly next to, whereas in placing a vase I would be putting it near the bed, probably on a bedside table or similar, so more correctly it would be "pres du lit"?

Asked 3 years ago

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Karen G.C1Kwiziq community member

Is the 'avoir'' auxiliary with 'apparu' commonly used throughout France?

My husband, who is French, is adamant that 'avoir' is not used with apparu. Is it that this is a regional usage (eg Quebec v France or even South of France v Paris where he's from)? Or is it just uncommon? Otherwise, like many a native speaker, he could simply be mistaken!

Asked 3 years ago

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N. Hilary (Shamrockhill) W.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Enjoyed this voice

I enjoyed listening to this voice. I had not heard it before, and it's nice to have a new and different voice to listen to. It's good practice to hear various people speak. I also appreciate the intonation that he uses, especially in the phrase..."et avec le temps, notre relation a changé."

It reminds me of the intonations that I used to hear and learned to use when living in France many years ago. I was wondering if the spoken word has possibly changed over time, (maybe due to the advent of social media?), as I don't hear these patterns very often anymore, when using this site or watching french movies on Netflix.

Asked 3 years ago

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John M.C1Kwiziq community member

Pluperfect: Use of gottenJe m'étais trompé de date cette fois-là.I'd gotten the date wrong that time.
Why in the above translation has the word 'gotten' been used? Although acceptable in USA + Canada, it is regarded as bad grammar in the UK? I had got....... ought to be the translation.

Asked 3 years ago

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