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Ned D.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

wait until

I seems to me that in most circumstances "attendre que + subjunctive" means "to wait until" and "jusqu'à ce que" is unnecessary. I asked this a few days ago and stil have not had a reply, so I checked in both Grevisse & Wartburg/Zumthor. They agree with me and even say the simple "que" is better.

Asked 5 years ago

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Karl G.B2KwizIQ community member

What is the rule?

I don’t see any rule offered as to when to use faire de or jouer à. In fact the samples provided include both, “Il fair du tennis” and “Il joue à tennis.” Is there a rule as to when to use one or the other?

Asked 6 years ago

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Adrienne H.C1KwizIQ community member

Spelling of the adverb tout/tout/toutes before an adjective in feminine formIn the "Le 14 juillet en famille - Tout" quiz linked to Laura's Newletter of 16Jul21, there is one answer I do not understand. It is in the sentence "Avant de se mettre en route, on se réunit tous devant la maison pour que ma grand-mère, toute habillée de bleu" . I wrote "tout habillée" but the correction is given as "toute habillée". I think that in this sentence, tout/toute is an adverb complementing the adjective, habillée. Habillée is in the feminine form to agree with "Elle". I thought in this situation, the adverb, tout, changed to agree ONLY when the adjective was feminine AND began with a consonant or an aspirated h……. I believe habillée begins with a mute h. I would be grateful if you can explain why it should be toute habillée in this case. Thank you. A.

Asked 5 years ago

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Paul B.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Mais juste avant que je n'aille chez Orange,

Why is the ne explétif used in this informal spoken conversation? I thought that it was usually used in formal French.

Asked 7 years ago

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Brian E.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Questions related to “Impressionner”

Why is “the best answer” given as “Mes parents seront trop impressionnées”? Doesn’t the “ées” imply that both parents are female?

Also, could “impressionnant” be used instead of “impressionnés”? What would be the difference in meaning?

Asked 5 years ago

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Liz H.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Être or avoir

Is it not a hard rule that verbs take être when followed by a preposition? In this phrase, I used avoir, which was wrong but there is no preposition that I can see: Quand vous y (êtes or avez) retourné, le corps avait disparu. Seems like retourner is followed by a noun. I use this method to determine quickly which auxiliary to use so would like to know if there are exceptions. Many thanks.

Asked 5 years ago

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Tibor H.B2KwizIQ community member

What's the difference between 'ceux' and 'lesquels' ?

I've heard that both ceux(and all of its forms) and lesquels(and all of its forms) means the one. So, how do you differentiate? For example: Eva aime mes biscuits mais déteste ceux de sa tante.

Asked 4 years ago

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Kelly B.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Hello, this verb structure seems similar to plaire. Is there any reason plaire is not mentioned in this page? Just wondering. Merci beaucoup!

Asked 7 years ago

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Rebelorieda L.A0KwizIQ community member

couple des amis????

Asked 7 years ago

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Frank C.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Ses yeux vs. les yeuxI have trained myself to use les yeux, les bras, etc. when referring to body parts. So why ses yeux in this context? As you can see, this exercise precipitated lots of questions from me. I really appreciate that you do these for us and they certainly generate a lot of thinking about word usage. Thanks for the challenge!