I am having difficulty in understanding some of the rules around "depuis que". For example, the sentence "Depuis je te l'ai recontré, je me sense mieux" means in English "Since I have met you, I've been in love with you". Please explain why It isn't "Since I met you". Thanks.

Asked 9 years ago

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Dinali C.B1Kwiziq community member

Partitive articles and definite articles

Are we supposed to use definite articles with adorer,Aimer, detester and préférer verb instead of partitive articles?

J'aime les fruits

J'aime des fruits

Which one is correct?

Asked 3 years ago

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David R.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Nous étions ou nous avons été?

Nous avons été très surpris en apprenant la nouvelle.

We were really surprised when we heard the news.

I would have used nous étions instead of nous avons été. Is that not correct?

In English nous avons été très surpris translates to - We have been very surprised which implies the surprise happened and is still ongoing or at least has a prolonged duration, whereas nous étions translates to - We were, which implies it happened but is no longer ongoing. The latter seems to be the correct answer to this question especially since being surprised is usually a point in time thing.

Asked 5 years ago

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Connor K.C1Kwiziq community member

Subjunctive with 2 different subjectsIs it possible to use subjunctive to say things such as; J'ai peur que je sois stupide Ou Elle souhaite qu'elle ait eu rainson Or is it ONLY if there are two, distinctly different subjects?

Asked 9 years ago

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Heather W.C1Kwiziq community member

In the example “On est partis.” partis is made plural even though on is considered singular. Is this correct?

Asked 6 years ago

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Yuri G.C1Kwiziq community member

What is the difference between "jeudi prochain" and "le jeudi d'arpès»? Would it be correct to explain that "jeudi prochain" is the next Thursday, i.e. from today, while "jeudi d'après" is "the following Thursday" regardless the time reference point (i.e. it could be the next Thursday from the event that had taken place a year ago) ?