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Vimal R.C1Kwiziq community member

J'appellerai mon agent de voyage demain

I thought that "Je vais appeller mon agent de voyage demain" would convey a more immediate sense of will call v/s "J'appellerai ...". Or is it the "demain" that makes it more correct to use the Futur mode?

Asked 2 years ago

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James W.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

couple of things...

'Après avoir considéré de faire peindre le mur' why is "DE" used? is 'considéré de' an expression

'plutôt que de remettre du papier peint' why is there "DE" here too?

Asked 3 years ago

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Tom A.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Position of the word 'ancien'

'Si vous regardez derrière moi, sur l'ancien mur de la ville..'. Does this mean the 'former' wall or the 'ancient' wall?

The English text said, 'If you look behind me, on the ancient wall of the city'. But when ancien means 'ancient' doesn't it go after the noun?

Asked 2 years ago

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sympathetic c.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Why not "n'a embrassé que Alexandre"?

Alexandre is a proper noun, so shortening it to "qu'Alexandre" is optional and not necessary. Yet I got marked wrong for writing "n'a embrassé que Alexandre"

Asked 2 years ago

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Frank C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Audio re beaucoup trop

I don't have the best ears, but I do not hear beaucoup after t-shirt. I hear "au contre" instead.

Asked 3 years ago

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Manju M.A0Kwiziq community member

je passe autant de temps en famille qu'avec mes amies

Asked 3 years ago

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

Missing phrases and use of "a/en", "fait de"

I agree with Frank. In the audio there are complete phrases which are missing: "une poule faite en chocolat au lait"; and "un lapin fait en chocolat noir".

Also, the written summary at the end doesn't match what is given during the lesson. The answers given don't use the expression, "fait de" but simply use "de". Which leads me to the next question:

The use of "faite de + chocolat au lait/chocolat noir". The lesson related to this states that to describe what something is made of "en" or "de" is used and with foods "a la" or "au" to describe a flavor. Why then is "fait en..." used rather than "une poule en chocolat au lait" for example? And, why "une poule de chocolat" rather than, "une poule en chocolat"?

And, why "un beau rubin dore" rather than "un beau rubin en or" ?

Merci pour votre reponse.

Asked 4 years ago

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i. l.C1Kwiziq community member

Use of de with plural nouns and adjectives"de branches cassées" is used rather than "des branches cassées". The lesson states that "de" is correct when the adjective is before the noun, however I have noted recently on several occasions in exercises "de" has been used when the adjective is after the noun. Am I missing something?

Asked 2 years ago

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Laura G.C1Kwiziq community member

"qu'on pouvait passer ses vacances ainsi" Why l'imparfait and not le conditionnel?

Asked 2 years ago

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