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Ariana N.A1KwizIQ community member

feter or faire la fete

Why isn't feter a correct answer?

Asked 4 years ago

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Mary Anne B.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Exercise: Emilie et toi ________ toujours polies. Emilie and you were always polite.

It seems to be that "Emilie et toi" = "vous," you plural => 2nd person plural verb.

But the right answer was a third person plural verb.

Asked 7 years ago

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Stephen R.B2KwizIQ community member

"To take a French Class"

I have spoken to several French natives regarding this issue...their age~ 35yo

1. They use 'suivre' for "taking a French course...Je suis un cours de français and never 'prendre' for a full course. But!! I was told that if you are referring to a specific class you can say: "Je prend une classe de français aujourd'hui"

2. For "I passed my bac"... I was thought to use 'Reussir'..J'ai réussi mon bac...They said 'Avoir' is used more commonly now.

I suspect that the common usage will vary as vary with regions of the country,as it does everywhere

Asked 7 years ago

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Elaine D.B1KwizIQ community member

Toujours... translated as still ? Is that correct, i thought it was always

Asked 7 years ago

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H. A.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Translation of 'Don’t let it get you down'

The phrase 'Don’t let it get you down' is generally translated into French as 'Ne te laisse pas abattre'. But, literally, the phrase appears to mean 'Don't let yourself cut down'. Wouldn't better ways to say it in French be 'Ne le laisse pas t'abattre' or 'Ne te laisse pas être abattu'?

Are there any other phrases like this, where the active voice is translated as passive?

[And why is my question suddenly centre justified?]

Asked 4 years ago

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S. W.C1KwizIQ community member

"auriez-vous"

In the dictation the phase "auriez-vous" is not pronounced very well, if not at all, it sounds like " I'll give you"

Asked 6 years ago

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Richard F.A2KwizIQ community member

Third person singular conjugation of verb "grandir" in Present tense

Asked 5 years ago

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Sid S.C1KwizIQ community member

10 mins and 10 minutes are BOTH correct

To all those who are confused about why 10 mins etc. is correct and 10 minutes is wrong, please ignore the given explanations as they make no sense whatsoever. They are both correct!

Asked 3 years ago

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Ann W.C1KwizIQ community member

image vs dessinI used the word "dessin" and it was marked incorrect and replaced with image. In the same text, in the next sentence, I used "image" and it was marked incorrect and replaced with dessin!

Asked 4 years ago

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Patricia H.A1KwizIQ community member

Owing to Brexit, it is taking well over 2yrs. to get to the interview for naturalisation and then another very long wait to hear if you are successful

Asked 7 years ago

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