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Lucien J.C1Kwiziq community member

vocabulaire et sémantique

Êtes-vous sûr de vouloir dire "primordial" ? Peut-être devrait-il être "prééminent", par exemple. 'Primordial' suggère quelque chose qui existe depuis la nuit des temps, quelque chose d'assez primitif, dont aucun ne sonne juste dans ce contexte.

Asked 2 years ago

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Akira K.A0Kwiziq community member

Context and interpretation is not being considered in My answers... Why?

I ask this because I would like to know if They want Direct Translations or do They want to Same Essence of what is being said?

Asked 3 years ago

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Anshuman U.Kwiziq community member

Q4. Conjuguez avec faire et jouer (3M) 1. Jacques _______________ de la natation. 2. Mon amie _______________ de la flute. 3. Est – ce que tu ________

Asked 4 years ago

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Dragana E.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Le déménagement - fill in the blanks

https://french.kwiziq.com/my-languages/french/tests/overview/8906822?utm_source=mailpoet&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=lawless-french-deliberate-practice-elisions-leurrer-mot-du-jour-3972

There is not recording for any of this exercise.

Asked 3 years ago

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isaac t.C1Kwiziq community member

Function of “ce”

What is the function of the word “ce” in this phrase: Dans le milieu professionnel, et ce dans presque tous les secteurs d’activité

Asked 2 years ago

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Michael H.A2Kwiziq community member

"Il fait trop chaud pour une sauce bolognaise!"

I spent a good couple of minutes trying to figure out what she was saying in the middle. I ended up submitting "Il fait trop chaud bon sauce bolognaise!" "Pour une" obviously makes more sense, but did anyone else have trouble making out those two words? It certainly sounded like "bon" to me.

Asked 4 years ago

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H. A.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Not as niceIt's one of the quirks of English idiom that "less nice" and "more nice" are never used, so the question ''Tes amis sont moins sympas que les nôtres'' should be translated "Your friends are not as/so nice as ours", not "Your friends are less nice than ours".

Asked 2 years ago

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Tommy C.A0Kwiziq community member

Moi/me? - Toi/te?

I make up the following, but I can't find the answers online. Are "moi" and "toi" correct here? If yes, is there an explanation why "me" and "te" are not used here?

Give it to me! = Donne le moi!

Give it to you? = Donne le toi?

Give it to him/her! = Donne le lui!

Give it to us! = Donne le nous!

Give it to them! = Donne le leur!

Asked 2 years ago

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Liz Z.A2Kwiziq community member

Un plaid

Qu’est-ce que c’est « un plaid »? Est-ce une couverture ?

Asked 3 years ago

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Frank C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Use of future perfect tense in the first paragraph

I would like to particularly congratulate the person who gave us this piece. Not only was it enlightening for me, but it was also a perfect B2 listening exercise. Thank you. Now to my question. I understand the admonition about the use of present tense to relate a historical story. How does the use of the future perfect in the first paragraph relate to this? Were there other choices for this tense?

Asked 3 years ago

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