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Fahad A.C1KwizIQ community member

Do we also use and for horses, bicycles, and other smaller means of transport? Or only for transport we get inside of?

Asked 7 years ago

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Drew B.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

No Question. Only Commenting...

It breaks my heart that due to the Trump-effect, aka his divisive rhetoric, what it means "to be an American" is not a settled debate; and it's something spreading around the world. I suppose there will always be a portion of any populous that views "patrioism" through a more "nationalistic" lenses.

Asked 6 years ago

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Helen O.A2KwizIQ community member

'En hiver' vs 'L'hiver'.

This explanation doesn't explain why sometimes one says 'L'hiver' and at other times, 'En hiver', and similar for other seasons. The examples given do not enlighten me much. I have always had trouble with this. At first I thought, oh, you use 'l'hiver' when you are going to say something describing a feature of 'hiver', and 'En hiver' when you want to say something happened during 'hiver', but then the other examples given in context of other seasons etc mostly described activities occurring during the season regardless of the 'en' or 'l'' beginning.

I need it stated explicitly what the rule is, there doesn't appear to be one.

Asked 1 year ago

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Lila R.KwizIQ community member

Possessive adjectives with à and au

Hi! How do I know when to use au vs. à when it precedes a possessive adjective? For example:

Je vais à/au ma voiture

Bienvenue à/au mon musée

Does it depend on the gender of the object? Thanks!!!

Asked 5 years ago

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William C.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Spelling frustrations!

The question is make "Elle s'est maquillée" negative. The following two responses each have a spelling mistake but one is considered "nearly right" and the other is considered incorrect. The answers are "S'est-elle maquillee" and "S'est-elle maquillé". I don't see the difference in the context of the question! Why aren't both "nearly right"?

Asked 6 years ago

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T. S.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

In ‘waiting for his girlfriend’ why is there no word for ‘for’, but simply ‘attend sa petite amie”?

Asked 7 years ago

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Ann H.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

To translate "A pioneer of trousers for women", they used du pantalon, making it singular. I have noticed this a couple of times in other exercises, t

Asked 7 years ago

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James W.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

bénéficier de and profiter de mean a similar thing so I shouldn't get marked down for using the first one ?