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Elysia S.C1Kwiziq community member

"quelle rare connexion on a !"

Why is the word order "Quelle rare connexion" and not "Quelle connexion rare" ?

Asked 6 months ago

steve i.C1Kwiziq community member

Ma maison bariolée

I have just done this quiz. Why would brown ‘coussins’ be ‘marron’ and ‘bruns’ be marked wrong?

Asked 10 months ago

Blaise P.C1Kwiziq community member

Plusieurs questionsThank you for this beautiful exercise where there was almost a one-to-one correspondence between the English and French, and instructions were given where they were due. I enjoyed completing it. I have a few questions. 1. In this sentence: 'mon mari m'avait offert une belle édition de la pièce d'Oscar Wilde "Salomé”,' in this sentence, can I enclose the word "Salomé” between guillemets? Is there a rule in French when to use inverted commas and when to use guillemets to quote something? 2. When a creative work is produced/done by someone or some entity, can we also use the preposition 'par'? For example: un documentaire par Radio-Canada? Un roman par X, des œuvres par Y. In this case precisely, la pièce par Oscar Wilde? 3. I used the same sentence as stated here: 'ces motifs exotiques et étranges qui paraissaient couvrir la toile', but the system corrected me from 'couvrir' to 'recouvrir'. 4. This is most important to me: I struggle to figure out when to use a 'pronom tonique' and when to use 'indirect object pronoun.' For example: 'un musée qui lui était entièrement dédié à Paris', I am tempted to write: 'un musée qui était entièrement dédié à (can I use consacré à as well here?) lui à Paris' in keeping with literal translation from English. Is it always the case that 'à qqn' / 'de qqn' is always replaced by an IOP? In a similar fashion, can't I say 'Je me vous souviens' instead of 'Je me souviens de vous'? 5. Is the adverbial pronoun y only present in the "Il y avoir" to translate the "There is" structure? To translate, "There exists...", "There remains...", we don't need that? I am sorry for the lengthy set of questions. Thank you for your patience.

Asked 6 months ago

Olga R.A2Kwiziq community member

What are the ways to UNAMBIGUOUSLY say "It is half past seven PM." ?

What are the ways to UNAMBIGUOUSLY say "It is half past seven PM." ? why my answer Il est dix-neuf heures et demie was marked as wrong?

Asked 5 months ago

Bình P.A0Kwiziq community member

excusez-moi, does the word game in every vocab lesson cost kwquizz?

Asked 9 months ago

Blaise P.C1Kwiziq community member

Meeting a friend or a family member, making someone happy

Is it always the case that while meeting a family member, or a friend, or an acquaintance, we have to use or instead of ?

Also, what are the specific use-cases of the verb , instead of , that convey the same meaning as "make" in English?

Thank you!

Asked 9 months ago

chris w.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Je veux en profiter avant que ma fille ne grandisse.

My question is about the use of 'en' here. Does this sentence refer to something previously mentioned, the subject from which the speaker wants to benefit? Is it connected to the use of 'de' with vouloir?

Asked 6 months ago

Sydney B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Was unable to hear a word

The passage in question is, "pour que votre repas soit un succès !" I couldn't hear the "pour" at all despite running the audio track several times.

Asked 6 months ago

Frances H.C1Kwiziq community member

Do you lose 2 marks for each error you make in the translations?

Asked 5 months ago

Jon F.A1Kwiziq community member

Bug in the system?

I've done this exercise twice. on the second attempt it said i got 0 correct when i got most of them correct.

Asked 4 months ago

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