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SuzanneB2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Why don't we use gerunds in these casesI understand en buvant. But why is this incorrect: Sans me pressant (instead of presser) Avant partant (instead of partir) On passerait la journée discutant (instead of discuter)

Asked 3 years ago

JudyC1Kwiziq community member

How do you get accents on a tablet?

How do you get accents on a tablet?

How do you get accents on a tablet?

Asked 3 years ago

SaraB2Kwiziq community member

What does "coup de venir" exactly mean?

Asked 2 years ago

BeckyC1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Qui in final sentence"qui a vraiment l'air de valoir le détour" (final sentence) - I would never have guessed that the speaker said "qui". It sounded very much like the word began with a 'j'

Asked 3 years ago

JamesC1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Why can't we use "distribution" for "cast" here? According to my sources "casting" isn't even a French word ?

Asked 3 years ago

GC1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

definite articles

Why is it le nez but ses lèvres?

Asked 3 years ago

RongrongA2Kwiziq community member

can we use derrière instead of arrière?

E.g. why not say Oui maman, il est sur la plage derrière ?

Merci!

Asked 3 years ago

TimC1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

indirect object/direct object

I do not understand how the following sentence requires 'avoir'. Et alors, tu ________ retourné lentement tes cartes...

I would have thought that 'tes cartes' is an indirect object because the word 'lentement' sits between the verb and the object. Or is it that 'lentement', being an adverb, is treated as part of the verb, and therefore 'tes cartes' is the direct object of the compound verb 'retourné lentement'?

Asked 3 years ago

OlaedoB1Kwiziq community member

Why use l' and not en?

If the expression is "faire exprès DE", why is the contraction "ne l'ont pas and not n'en ont pas'?

Asked 2 years ago

KathleenC1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

des couches mais de lardons

"vous alternerez avec des couches d'oignons et de lardons".

why is it des couches d'oignons and then de lardons?

Asked 3 years ago

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