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Surendra B.A1Kwiziq community member

Translating 'Je vais en ville'This literally means 'I am going in/inside town', but actually it means 'I am going to town'. Can you explain the french reasoning behind this usage. And is this correct 'Je vais à ville' for 'I am going to town'?

Asked 8 years ago

Terence O.A0Kwiziq community member

When would you use << faire >> as compared to other verbs? For example, "I am making a cake" as compared to "I am baking a cake". I guess I'm asking whether it's safe to substitute << faire >> for other French verbs that I haven't learnt if in English the verb can be replaced with "doing" or "making".

Asked 7 years ago

Michael D.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

'tout' (everything) vs 'tous' or 'toutes' (all of them)'Tout' ('too') means 'everything, and its pronunciation must be distinguished from: 'Tous' ('toos') and 'toutes' ('toot') mean all of them. With these ('all of them') Here, there are 2 cases: 1. when used as the noun: (tous etaient content - all of them were happy-'toos'); 2. when used as an adjective of the noun 'they' (as in 'they all' or 'they were ll'): (ils etaient tous content - they were all happy - 'too') The weird one is 'ils l'ont tous eu' - they all passed - by the rule 'tous' should be pronounced 'too', but is pronounced 'toos' because of liaison. Is this correct?

Asked 8 years ago

Sydney B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

le meilleur vs la meilleure

I already tried submitting this question via the quiz: In a multiple-choice question I was supposed to fill in the answer for Elle est ________ aux jeux de la toupie dans notre groupe, or some such similar question. I got it wrong by selection le meilleur over la meilleur(e) It is not made clear in the the lesson on meilleur vs. mieux why the quiz answer should be la meilleur and not le meilleur. ... After all there may be males in the group considered in the for who is the best at the game."

Asked 4 years ago

fiona K.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Assieds-toi ! Assieds-toi ! Sit down! These two look exactly the same to me or I can not see. Thank you Chris in advance!

Asked 6 years ago

Jb A.A0Kwiziq community member

J'habite à Tokyo

Asked 9 years ago

Danica W.C1Kwiziq community member

Quel âge as toi?

Asked 6 years ago

ANAGHA N.A0Kwiziq community member

how can i login my password

Asked 8 years ago

Jean W.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Use of phrase " mine de rien"I am not quite sure how to use this in a sentence. Could you provide some examples please ?

Asked 8 years ago

tani k.A0Kwiziq community member

j' habite indienne

Asked 9 years ago

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