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J. M.B2Kwiziq community member

Passé simpleLes deux chiens se fixèrent avec méfiance.The two dogs stared at each other suspiciously.
I have been trying to understand what “fixerent” means/where it comes from (please excuse lack of accents in my question). At first I thought the translation should be the two dogs stare or are staring at each other.I then found a conjugation table and found “fixerent” (with the accent over the e) is passé simple.I have only just been moved up to “B2” level on Kwiziq but I don’t understand how the passé simple is used and so don’t follow it’s use within this lesson.Why is it not passé compose using etre?Thanks for your assistance.

Asked 1 year ago

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Frank C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

When to use là and when to use y

In the last sentence, "I will go there to cheer you on.", the word 'there' is translated as 'là' and the use of 'y' was not accepted. Is it just a question of emphasis? I searched for a lesson to clarify the usage of 'y' and 'là' but was not successful. I would appreciate your thoughts. Thanks.

Asked 1 year ago

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mo a.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

tandi que

Hi all I used ( tandis que ) instead of pendant que, in the first line. and it marked it as an erreur. any explanation for that please?.thanks.

Asked 1 year ago

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Brian D.C1Kwiziq community member

Translating ''must''Elle est malade. Elle aura oublié de mettre son écharpe.She's ill. She must have forgotten to wear her scarf.
I would have translated this as Elle est malade. Elle aura du oublié de mettre son écharpe.
If both are correct, what is the difference between them?

Asked 2 years ago

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Kalpana S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Why is this not in Imparfait? It's a description and the family, presumably, continues to love dogs.

Asked 3 years ago

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i. l.C1Kwiziq community member

Cécile goes and takes

Sorry to open this one up again !

But why not translate as:

"Cécile va et prend..." ?

Asked 2 years ago

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Richard M.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Pronunciation of "mais il faut qu'on."

I have listened to this portion perhaps ten times and it seems he is saying "il vit faut qu'on". Is there some emphasis that my ear is not used to?

Asked 2 years ago

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

etre vs. avoir l'air

The first time I did this exercise, I wrote "Je vais etre beau et elegant !" Then, I changed it to: "Je vais avoir l'air beau et elegant !", which was marked wrong. Wouldn't the use of the phrase, "avoir l'air" also be correct in this situation?

Merci beaucoup et bonne continuation !

Asked 1 year ago

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