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a. v.C1Kwiziq community member

cette paire de basketsI was wondering how one would write "that pair of trainers" in French and when one wants to emphasise THAT pair and not THIS pair. In the above exercise "that pair of trainers" was written as "cette paire de baskets". Can one also write "cette paire de baskets-là" to be more specific?

Asked 4 years ago

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I. U.C1Kwiziq community member

peur du vide vs le vertige

So in an earlier exercise, "I love swimming," you had a possible answer for fear of heights as "peur du vide" but not in this one. Is there a reason why?

Asked 5 years ago

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M. T.B1Kwiziq community member

Quést-ce que ils veux manger ce soir dans l'histoire ?

Asked 6 years ago

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Carl C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Why "ma robe a fleuris"?

One option given here for "my flowery dress" is "ma robe a fleuris." Why not "ma robe fleuries"?

Asked 5 years ago

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jennifer A.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

past tenses

I wonder - why you said 'j'ai passé (de nombreux après-midis)' when every other past tense is written as the imperfect? Every thing done here was a repeated past action.

Asked 4 years ago

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K. v.A1Kwiziq community member

Why can't I use Qu' when the word following is est?

I took the quiz and got the answer wrong when I put 'Qu' est' instead of 'Quel est' – so I'm slightly confused because I thought that it should be Qu' since est starts with a vowel?

Asked 5 years ago

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Rick S.C1Kwiziq community member

Il est v c'est

The exercise gives " c'était la boulangerie de Madame Poitier." I tried "Il était...." because we're discussing a specific building. (The grammar lesson on c'est & il/elle est suggests using "il/elle" for specific things). Is there some wriggle room on this one or was I just plain wrong?

Asked 4 years ago

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April S.A2Kwiziq community member

Compound nouns formed with prepositions a, de, en

Is cuillère à thé a fixed phrase meaning a teaspoon for measuring? The lesson says à generally means what something is used for, however, this phrase would then mean "a spoon for tea," not a "teaspoon."

Asked 6 years ago

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manpreet kaur j.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

When I used mon peur de hauteur , i was marked wrong. Also for on the top of .. I used au sommet., which was again marked wrong.

Asked 5 years ago

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nicole r.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Question with the example sentence

Hello,

As I read this sentence over and over again I think their is a word missing at the end.

Les garçons ont passé leur examen et tous l'ont eu. Shouldn't the word passé be at the end of eu?

Thanks