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Ann H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

In both cases when mentioning the day of the week, they used an article, but the lesson states that when speaking of a specific day, one does not useThe article.

Asked 7 years ago

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Gwen E.C1Kwiziq community member

«fermer la lumière»

Hi! I've been living in Québec for a while now and i just wanted to check something? When I translated turn off the light as fermer la lumière, it said that the correct way to say was éteindre la lumière. i've never heard anyone say that before, it's always fermer when you want to translate turn off. Is that just a Québec thing? I thought everyone said that

Asked 2 years ago

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Lee P.C1Kwiziq community member

ait vs soitI don't understand why "for fear there will be a gas leak" uses "ait" instead of "soit" -- what's the general rule? I know a person "has" hunger or thirst but in this case there's no person involved...

Asked 9 years ago

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Liz H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

When to use soi vs soi-même

Il faut toujours essayer ... avant de juger. I used soi since I read this to be a universal self where soi is used. Why is it soi-même? What’s the rule to differentiate when using On to mean universal, we the people, etc? I used soi in a previous question using On and it was correct. Thanks.

Asked 5 years ago

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Andrea N.B2Kwiziq community member

Quatre-vingt or quatre-vingtS

According to Cecile's response and Lawless French there should be an 'S' with quatre-vingts. If so, this lesson may need a tweak!

Asked 6 years ago

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Andrea N.B2Kwiziq community member

Nous sommes professeurs

In a very recent quiz, the possible people the above statement referred to were a) two males b) a male and female c) two females. I got it wrong as I did not click on option c). As Chris mentioned (below) if there is a trend to gender this noun, should "professeure/s" be used or mentioned as an alternative? ( It did appear in Google translate)

Asked 5 years ago

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Paul F.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Pronunciation of 'tandis que' ?

The pronunciation of 'tandis que' in this exercise has the 's' pronounced quite clearly (sounds like tandisse que). I wondered if this was an optional way to pronounce it, as I thought that the final 's' is usually silent in this word ?

Asked 7 years ago

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Park J.A0Kwiziq community member

Difference between 'se promène" and "marche" ?

-"Une fille se promène avec des filles"

-"Une fille marche avec des filles"

Is there a difference?

Asked 6 years ago

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