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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 4 months ago

Brian E.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

demi de mêlée

As the speaker is female, should “Bonjour Marc. Je suis demi de mêlée” be “Bonjour Marc. Je suis demie de mêlée”?

Asked 6 months ago

Jasmine R.A1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

So if I say "Je prends le train a la lycée. " this is correct ?

Asked 4 months ago

chris w.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Je l'aiderai jusqu'à ce qu'elle puisse le faire toute seule.

The english is ' until she can do it herself' . 'toute seule' I think translates here as 'on her own'. Should it not be 'elle-meme'?

Asked 4 months ago

chris w.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Elle ________ monté le poney de Jérémie et il a été très docile. She mounted Jérémie's pony and he was very docile.

Bonjour Tous,

The correct answer to the above question is given as 'Elle a monte'. But in the lesson it is very clear, montre meaning to get on something, takes etre. I see others are having trouble grappling with montre, I'm not sure the lesson helps. Au secours!

Asked 6 months ago

Thy M.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

does past participle agrees "avoir" with en?

Bonjour,

So i learn in the lesson regarding past "avoir" that the verb needs to accord with the COD.

So for example, how do i say "I liked my ice cream so i bought another one"?

A. J'ai aimé ma glace, donc j'en ai acheté une autre.

B. J'ai aimé ma glace, donc j'en ai achetée une autre.

Asked 5 months ago

Sydney B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Do they lead to confusion?

I have a couple of related questions about a couple of the passages that could be potentially confusing or misleading.

First, "et mélangez-la avec l'oignon et l'ail finement hachés," ... it's clear in writing, but not necessarily in speech, that "finely chopped" refers to both the onion & the garlic.

Secondly, "le thym, le persil, l'ognon pays et une pincée de sel et de poivre.": I looked this up on the web, & apparently the "pinch of" refers to both the salt and the pepper. So, how do you know that? Because, would "a pinch of salt & some pepper" be expressed "une pincée de sel et du poivre"?

Asked 4 months ago

cameron p.A2Kwiziq community member

is italian coming to Quiziq any time soon?

Hey guys, i love the quizlet and saw a comment on hear 3 years back saying italian in the next planned language is that still the case? if so is there a timeline?

Asked 4 months ago

dinesh g.A1Kwiziq community member

Listening Problems

How i can improve my listening at fast pace, guide me what to do,apart from these listening exercise, if i will do the listening on radio i dont undrstand the content without the transcript .The moment i read i can understand. what is your advise for listening improvement, to increase pace, as it very slow pace to learn listening with this listening one by one exercises.

Asked 5 months ago

Rebekah S.A2Kwiziq community member

Agreement of reflexive verbs with gender of "Je"

If I'm saying I had a good time last night and I'm female, would it be *Je me suis amusée?*

Asked 4 months ago

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