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Oluwadarasimi T.Kwiziq community member

why is it that it is une maison and not un maison

Asked 3 years ago

Kathy h.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

À eux -vs- aux euxBonjour, I was surprised to see "Je pense à eux." in this lesson. Should it not be "aux eux" ? The other day I was chatting online with a French native, and when I wrote "dit bonjour à eux" he corrected me, saying to use "aux". Merci !

Asked 9 years ago

Matthew C.C1Kwiziq community member

Translating part of the name of a street?I’m very confused by this. It would seem very odd to me to if, when talking in English about a street in France, someone would translate “J’habite rue Pasteur.” to “I live on Pasteur Street.” or “I live on Pasteur Road.”. I would expect that they would either leave “rue Pasteur” as it is and say “I live on rue Pasteur.” or, perhaps more likely, captalize the “rue” and say “I live on Rue Pasteur.”. Similarly, I would not expect someone who lived in, say, London, when speaking French, to say something like “J’habite rue Baker.”, I’d expect something more like “J’habite Baker Street.”. In all cases, I’d expect the full name of the street (“rue Pasteur”, “Baker Street”, etc.) to be preserved in translation. I am often shocked at how much people are willing to mangle names of all kinds when using a language different to that from which the name originated, though Kwiziq usually manages to avoid doing so. A quick look at the French and English Wikipedia articles for some notable streets seems to back up my initial thoughts. I was wondering whether to report this as an issue, but I am not quite confident enough to say that Kwiziq is definitely wrong here.

Asked 9 years ago

Audra W.A0Kwiziq community member

When do you use j'ai instead of je suis?

If these both mean I am, when do you use each one?

Asked 2 years ago

Randa A.A1Kwiziq community member

is 'tort, raison' for feminine and masculine?

Asked 9 years ago

D K.C1Kwiziq community member

Usage of angle brackets in FrenchI have seen words or phrases in in French texts, but I haven't been able to find an explanation of what they are used for. Are they just used for emphasis, or do they mean something else?

Asked 9 years ago

Maddy S.A0Kwiziq community member

How do we know if a verb is feminine or masculine?

Is there any trick as such to consider them? I often find myself confused in the gender parts. Thanks

Asked 4 years ago

Alan M.C1Kwiziq community member

Use of ‘femme’ for both woman and wife

« ma femme préfère… » would ´mon épouse´ ever be used. Femme as both woman and wife sounds a bit old fashioned while a man gets to be ´homme and mari ‘

Asked 3 years ago

Diana S.A1Kwiziq community member

how do you say i live in Italy

Asked 10 years ago

Beverley R.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

7:40 or Twenty to eight?Have I mistakenly learned that you can say either "Il est sept heures quarante." or "Il est huit heures moins vingt." for "It is seven forty." or "It is twenty to eight."

Asked 8 years ago

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