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Hal C.A2Kwiziq community member

inversion in first person in quiz answer

While I understand that the phrase: “Où mets-je mes chaussures d'habitude ?” is technically correct for the exersise, I am having a hard time mentally processing when I would ever use first-person inversion. To me, it sounds incredibly snooty and stuck up and something I would never want to suggest that I am.

Is there a situation I would be inclined to use the first person inversion for asking a question, and why?

Asked 5 years ago

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John H.B2Kwiziq community member

Pourquoi pas le futur proche dans ce cas ?Mon père ________ bientôt 60 ans.My dad will soon be 60.Mon père va avoir bienôt 60 ans vs mon père aura bientôt 60 ans.

Asked 6 years ago

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Paul F.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Nous avons goûté les rougails à la saucisse

We say “j’aime le chocolat” (in general) or “j’ai mangé du chocolat” (a quantity). So I thought the translation for “we tasted sausage rougails with yellow rice” might be “nous avons goûté DES rougails”, but the answer was “nous avons goûté LES rougails”. I thought it would follow the same logic as the accompanying yellow rice, “… avec du riz jaune”. But my reasoning is obviously not quite correct. Can someone please explain why “les” and not “des” for the rougails?

Asked 3 years ago

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Gordon M.C1Kwiziq community member

Je trouve ce sujet difficile a comprendre

Je trouve ce sujet difficile a comprendre. Chaque fois j'ai répondu c'est la mauvais réponse. Aimer ou aimer bien, ou aimer beaucoup. Pouvez-vous expliquer. Merci.

Asked 5 years ago

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Lorie R.C1Kwiziq community member

The use of le futur dans ce paragraphe

I'm curious about the use of the future tense throughout this paragraph. Was that a stylistic decision? In English, I can imagine the same paragraph using either present tense or even conditional tense. Would those tenses also be acceptable in French instead of future tense?

Asked 5 years ago

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G B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Cléfs or clés ?

My answer of clés was corrected to cléfs. Is that correct?

Also in the phrase: Tu as apporté la monnaie que j'avais mise de côté exprès ?

I can't hear "avais" pronounced, is it just me mishearing?

Asked 5 years ago

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Miriam L.A1Kwiziq community member

Négatif formeBonjour,

J'ai écrit "Je n'ai pas de monnaie exacte".

Je pense que on doit utiliser "DE" au lien de "LE, LA, LES" si il est en forme de négatif, non?

Merci

Miriam

Asked 5 years ago

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Carolina I.C1Kwiziq community member

Can you just say "je suis entree"? And if you don't use a preposition nor a noun, would you use etre or avoir? (sorry, no accents in this computer)

Asked 4 years ago

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Irene H.C1Kwiziq community member

The above test vs. what's presented sentence by sentence in the exercise

Are the words chosen in the text above the best way to express the thoughts? because they don't necessarily match the "best" response in the exercises.

Asked 5 years ago

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chris w.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

inversion of reflexive verbs for questions

Il se lave does that become se lave-t-il? And while we're at it, il adore becomes adore-t-il, but il t'adore becomes t'il -t-adore??

Asked 5 years ago

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