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Gabhan B.C1Kwiziq community member

avoir + montéThe lesson says that "J'ai monté mon cheval" means "I mounted my horse" and that avoir + monté means "to mount something". In the test it asks what the meaning is of "'Lucas a monté la nouvelle armoire de sa soeur.'' I selected "Lucas got on his sister's new wardrobe" as one of the possible meanings (to me, "got on" means generally the same thing as "mounted", though "getting on" a wardrobe seems like an odd thing to say). Anyway, that answer was marked as incorrect. I don't understand why. Could you help?

Asked 7 years ago

James H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

The meaning of `Jurer` - to swearDoes the verb `Jurer` - to swear, have optional meanings as it does in English, i.e. to swear an oath or to curse?

Asked 6 years ago

Andy N.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Ce matin, elle en a trouvé une sous le sèche-cheveuxHello. In the Week 29 B1 writing test, the above sentence appears as a translation for 'This morning, she found one under the hairdryer.' To begin with I was confused by the phrase appearing to have two objects. But after thinking about it could this sentence be read as: 'This morning, she found one (of them) under the hairdryer.' ~Thanks for your help

Asked 8 years ago

Norman S.C1Kwiziq community member

Passé simpleWhy is there so much emphasis (typically 4 out of 10 questions) on this tense in the CI tests? I would have thought that, at this level, tests to improve the use of idiomatic/colloquial language would be more useful. Such knowledge is frequently tested in the weekend writing challenges which are not marked by the system.

Asked 8 years ago

Joakim R.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Pierre n'achète pas de véloAccording to a question here, "Pierre n'achète pas de vélo" means "Pierre doesn't buy any bike". When would you use this phrase and when would you rather say "Pierre n'achète aucun vélo" ?

Asked 9 years ago

tinoe m.A0Kwiziq community member

the order of pronounse.g me te se nous vous etc

Asked 7 years ago

Rant O.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Note about répartir

The note about répartir in this lesson:

Note that the verb répartir is NOT a derivative of partir, but shares its root with the word repartition, and does follow the regular -IR conjugation.

Is a little confusing, because 'partir' is not mentioned anywhere, and there is a very subtle difference with 'repartir' that is also not mentioned. Having some of this context would help!

Asked 7 years ago

Lesley B.A0Kwiziq community member

Can you also say: Je vis dans Perth

Asked 7 years ago

Scott N.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

CinquièmeI think it would be useful to note in the lesson another small exception to the rule on forming the ordinal numbers. Namely, 'cinq' becomes 'cinquième' rather than 'cinqième'. No big deal, but I just wanted to mention it.

Asked 6 years ago

Patricia L.C1Kwiziq community member

tes vs vosIn the lesson we saw, Montre-moi tes mains!. In the quiz I was asked to put Show me your hands and entered Montre-moi vos mains, which was marked wrong. I think with tes or vos would be correct depending on who you were talking to. Am I wrong?

Asked 5 years ago

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