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Charles B.C1KwizIQ community member

Direct Object Rule

“Elles ne l’ont pas fait exprès” does NOT follow the direct object rule, and the lesson states this clearly. Is this because this is a case of le/la referring to a concept, so it’s not a direct object? Could their be a sentence in which a direct object would be used, and therefore require agreement?

Asked 7 years ago

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Malini S.B2KwizIQ community member

Pendant/durant.....

In the test the sentence reads "I left for about 15 days." I put Je suis partie pour quinzaine de jours". They say the correct answer is "Je suis partie une quinzaine de jours." Could I have used pendant or durant?

Asked 5 years ago

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Shrey R.A1KwizIQ Q&A super contributor

Elles se seront réveillées trop tard et auront manqué leur train. They'll have woken up too late and missed their train. Can one not say “et manqueron

Asked 7 years ago

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Jagoda D.B1KwizIQ community member

It’s 2:30 pm Why this is wrong? Sorry but I got a little problem with a clock deux heures trente d'après’ midi

Asked 5 years ago

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Donald H.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Ses parents lui achèteront une voiture pour ses 18 ans.Dans la phrase mentionné ci-dessus, on a utilisé lui. Je me demande pourquoi. Je crois qu'on a fait exprès d'omettre le mot <pour>...? Alors, c'est logique. Est-ce que j'ai raison?

Asked 7 years ago

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S. P.A2KwizIQ community member

touts incorrect spelling

In on of the A2 the lesson there is a spelling ... touts... an incorrect answer, but bad spellers like me are likely to remember this. Please could yo not use incorrect spellings, its really confusing.

Thanks

Asked 7 years ago

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Julie H.B1KwizIQ community member

The way these reading exercises are set up is immensely useful. I love the internal links. I could spend a lot of time on this.

Asked 7 years ago

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Lorie R.C1KwizIQ community member

J'ai attendu qu'il soit monté dans le train pour partir.

This sentence is translated as "I waited after he got on the train to leave" in the lesson above. But I'm wondering if it would be more accurate to translate this as "I waited until he got on the train to leave?"

Asked 6 years ago

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S. N.B2KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

formally vs. in practice?

Could someone please expand a bit on the part that says “formally, it should be before, but in practice, it often ends up after”?

If, for example, we were to write it after in an exam script, would this be marked down and regarded as an inaccuracy?

Thanks in advance!

Asked 7 years ago

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Eugene S.A0KwizIQ community member

Je viens d'Arménie

Asked 7 years ago