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Sarah C.A1Kwiziq community member

When do you use vouloir and when do you us avoir envie de

Asked 5 years ago

David S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Le Futur vs l'Imparfait.

In the writing challenge "My post-university plans" the sentence "I've heard that Isabelle is also going to try her luck in Paris." is translated as "J'ai entendu dire qu'Isabelle allait aussi tenter sa chance à Paris."

Why is "allait" used rather than "ira" or "va"?

"allait" seems to be translation for "was going", not "will be going" or "is going", yet the most likely meaning of the sentence is that Isabelle's action will occur in the future.

It seems that the explantion has to do with the fact that the sentence describes something already heard and therefore belongs to the past but the result is not intuitive.

Asked 6 years ago

Alan R.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

What is the correct translation in French of “It is sunny”?

Is it “Il fait beau” or “Il fait du soleil”?

Asked 7 years ago

Duke H.B1Kwiziq community member

Please explain "Il lui (verbe)"Bonjour! I'm trying to improve my French through reading, and I've encountered a problem that I don't think was covered in my lessons. I keep seeing the following structure used in a sentence: "Il lui (verbe)." For example: "Il lui manque la montié d'une oreille et ses yeux sont... ." I unferstand this sentence to mean "He is missing half of an ear, and his eyes are... ." My problem is that I can't figure out why such sentences are using "Il lui (verbe)" instead of just "Il (verbe)." Another example is "Il lui arrive même de nous faire cadeau d'un rat." Could you please explain (1) is "lui" is being used as a stress pronoun in this case? And (2) why is it being used at all? Marci! -Duke

Asked 7 years ago

Lukas H.C1Kwiziq community member

Cela étant dit = That being said?One of the test questions was to translate "That being said" to French. Is "Cela étant dit" a correct translation? It was not accepted as such, but some web searching shows that at least other people think that one is correct in addition the official answer "cela dit".

Asked 7 years ago

chiara b.C1Kwiziq community member

Vous êtes entré OR vous êtes entrés?

Shouldn't it be vous êtes entrés?

Asked 9 years ago

Aditya K.A1Kwiziq community member

Je viens de l'Inde

Asked 9 years ago

Eva L.C1Kwiziq community member

Can "quiconque" and "n'importe qui" be used interchangeably.

Asked 7 years ago

Anthea P.C1Kwiziq community member

Un peu usageBonjour Aurélie Recently I was told that any adjective that comes after 'un peu' must have a masculine ending regardless of the nous it describes e.g. Ma maison est un peu froid. Is this correct ?

Asked 8 years ago

John E.A2Kwiziq community member

What does je puis mean?

Asked 6 years ago

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