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Chris W.B2Kwiziq community member

Décéder & Devenir I was caught out as I hadn't learnt that Décéder & Devenir are etre verbs in passe compose: they are not in the "traditional" group (and not in the house photo on Wikipedia). Are there any other rogue verbs that use etre?

Asked 9 years ago

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Andrew S.A1Kwiziq community member

Does 'J'espère que cela vous aiderait' translate as 'I hope that this helped you.'?

Asked 7 years ago

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Susan R.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Is there a liaison, pronouncing, "ils aiment leurs parents?"

Asked 8 years ago

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D. T.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Joue au golf vs. joue du golf?

I see no information on why my answer joue du golf is wrong. Why?

Asked 5 years ago

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Jason K.C1Kwiziq community member

Using grand-choose instead of beaucoupFirst, thanks for the great lessons. This is the most flexible and best online solution I've found, and I've been really impressed by this q n a forum. That said, when do you use grand-chose vs beaucoup?

Asked 8 years ago

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John C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

In this sentence and answer from the lesson, why is the first verb conjugated in the present tense?Nous le savons depuis que vous nous l'avez dit. We've known since you told us.

Asked 9 years ago

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D. A.A0Kwiziq community member

How will this sentence be changed to negation: Il y a la pollution partout. Thanks in advance

Asked 6 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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Leah R.A0Kwiziq community member

Je ne viens pas de florida. J'habite à florida. Je viens d'alabama.

Asked 9 years ago

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David S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

C'est nul vs Il est nul

The quiz asked "It's lame", "_____ nul".

The answer that it wants is "C'est nul".

Why can't it be "Il est nul"?

Suppose the sentence was a response to the question "What do you think of that film?"

The answer is providing an opinion with an adjective which it is applying to a specific thing - "that film".

That sounds a lot like case 2b in the lesson:

"2. Cases expressing opinions or simple statements (adjectives) about prementioned things"

"b. il est/elle est for statements and opinions related to specific things"

Asked 6 years ago

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