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Kevin C.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Great lesson--thank you. Don't know how I missed knowing this!

Asked 9 years ago

sue c.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

to struggle physicallyhow would you then say to struggle physically . i struggled to climb the hill

Asked 8 years ago

Claudia A.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

I have a pronunciation question. When do I know that the "ll" is pronounced "l" as in ville and when it is pronounced "y" as in vieille.

Asked 6 years ago

Rene S.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Confused. In previous lesson: use c'est for general things (la soupe, c'est délicieux=(drinking)soup is delicious), il, elle for specific things: la soupe, elle est délicieuse=the (specific) soup is delicious. I just don't know how to fit c'est pratique, les ciseaux, c'est ma maison, and c'est bientôt les vacances info the "general format". Can you help?

Asked 7 years ago

Ann H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

sans que vs sans seulementAvec the tradition de "without me changing my mind," the réponse correct c'est: sans que je change mon avis. Mais, est-ce que cette réponse est bon aussi: sans m'avoir changé d'avis? Si non, pourquoi pas?

Asked 8 years ago

helen w.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

mieux instead of meilleureHere's an example from your quiz: "Annette est meilleure en natation que Julie." Since we're referring to "swimming", a verb...wouldn't we use "mieux" here instead of "meilleure?

Asked 7 years ago

Stewart H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Imparfait v Passé Composé

This week's Weekend Workout (31-08-2018) has a question and answer as detailed below.

The translation for 'we arrived' is given in the imparfait but surely it should be in the Passé composé as they arrived only 'once' and not as the imparfait implies 'used to arrive' meaning they arrived on a regular basis i.e. more than just on the one occasion.

Could you please explain.

When we arrived in the changing rooms,

Quand nous arrivions dans les vestiaires,

Asked 7 years ago

Rose Y.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

bookshop or library????

a library is une bibliothèque

a bookshop is une librairie.. n'est-ce pas? I was under the impression they went to the library?????

Asked 2 years ago

Joakim R.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

des vs lesIt's Christmas, so "I must of course buy presents" -> "Je dois bien sûr acheter les cadeaux" according to the lastest writing challenge. "presents" is not preceded by an article in English here, so we must pick "des" or "les" in French, but which one? The way I've understood it, it should be "les" when one is referring to all elements of a kind: "I hate apples" -> "Je déteste LES pommes", and "des" when referring to a subset: "I ate apples" -> "J'ai mangé DES pommes". Thus I expected ".. acheter DES cadeaux". So why is it "les" this time ?

Asked 8 years ago

Gio P.A2Kwiziq community member

We must use a third party as witness. (as a witness)

Asked 7 years ago

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