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Radhika S.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

ignorer- to not know

In the connaître/savoir lesson in Lawless French , it says ignorer is a faux-ami. it actually means 'not to know' and not 'to ignore'. Do you agree with this? I have seen it in other places like Reverso where it is used as -to ignore.

Asked 9 months ago

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K. S.A1Kwiziq community member

Anyone else experience a bug in the scoring for this activity?

My score was "You scored 0 out of 60 - hmm, missed your coffee this morning?!" yet it was actually my best one yet..I am not sure how to submit a ticket for this.

Asked 11 months ago

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Ted M.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

What happens to gentil when it describes more than one person?Elle est gentille. - Tout le monde est ________ ." The correction said the blank should be filled by gentil. The lesson states personne, rien, tout le monde, quelqu'un are always masculine. Please confirm; are they always masculine singular?

Asked 11 months ago

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shabbychic45 Michele C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Question abou “avant que nous ne vivons”

Why wouldn’t you use “ ils balaieront/balayeront le sol avant nous venions “ in lieu of “avant nous ne venions “ ? I’m confused about the “ne” negation. What’s its purpose?

Asked 1 year ago

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Jasmine R.A1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Ils/elles sont

It always when you are talking about a group of people you have to use ( sont) ?

Asked 7 months ago

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chris w.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

She hid until after he was gone

The answer; Elle s'est cachée jusqu'à ce qu'il soit parti. surely means ' she hid until he was gone'. 'After' is not in the sentence . Is it implied? in English there is a subtle difference between the two sentences.

Asked 6 months ago

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Isabelle S.C1Kwiziq community member

'if-then' sentences using plus-que-parfait

My question was asked below, but the answers provided did not address my confusion.
One example given in this lesson is "Si nous l'avions choisi, nous l'aurions regretté".

A previous lesson on 'if-then" sentences (Imperfect usage - hypothesis | French Grammar | Progress with Lawless French) says the following:
"You can never use Le Passé Composé nor other past tenses in this context."
I took this to mean that all if-then sentences must use an "imparfait + conditionel présent" form.

But here we are using the plus-que-parfait and the conditional passé in an if-then sentence. There is no mention of the plus-que-parfait + conditional passé form in the lesson linked to above.

Can you please clarify the rules around using plus-que-parfait + conditional present in 'if-then' sentences?

Thanks.

Asked 2 months ago

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Robert C.Kwiziq community member

"Pendant" and "Durant"

What is the difference between "pendant" and "durant"? They both mean "during". Can you use either one in a sentence?

Robert Cummings

Asked 11 months ago

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Sydney B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

use of "aimer"

For,"I love my cousin Benjamin.", Kwizbot's answer: "J'adore mon cousin Benjamin. "

But in the PLF lesson on "aimer", I read that one of the uses of it can be in the love you have for a family member. Therefore, I translated the sentence as "J'aime mon cousin Benjamin."