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Sebastian S.A1Kwiziq community member

Where can i find practice exercises specific to these comparative adverbs?

I found this article: "https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/comparative-adverbs/", explaining how to use: "plus/moins/aussi que" and "plus/moins/autant de/que", and i did the 4-question kwiz at the of the lesson but I feel like I need more practice. Is there a way I could get more practice specific to these subjects?

Asked 4 years ago

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Frank C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Translation of 'could'Another problem area! 'Je pouvais' or 'Je pourrais' ? I often get this wrong ! The sentence is as follows: "Then, my wife asked me if I could give her the movie time schedule." I believe that I have seen 'could' translated by both the imperfect and the condional tenses. How do I determine which is appropriate?

Asked 2 years ago

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chris w.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

future anterior of grossir

reverso gives an etre and an avoir form for grossir. As this is intransitive in the sense that he has put on weight himself, I assumed it was the etre form? You marked it wrong.

Asked 5 years ago

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Martin R.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Plurelising the mountains

In the sentence J'adore la vie à la montagne, I translate that as I love the life in the mountains. I was wondering why it isn't J’adore la vie dans les montagnes. Could anyone explain please?

Merci beaucoup

Asked 3 years ago

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Natasha R.B2Kwiziq community member

Plus with le vs du

I've seen both of these as phrases on Kwiziq:

Plus je regarde la télévision...

Plus je mange du chocolat... (The more I eat chocolate...)

When do we use the article (la, le) vs de la and du. Specifically, why isn't "Plus je mange le chocolat" correct here?

Asked 5 years ago

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Margaret F.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

C'est possible qu'il y a une guerre comme ca en angleterre ?

Asked 4 years ago

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Kenneth S.C1Kwiziq community member

next Thursday

other than le jeudi prochain, I thought I saw somewhere that there was a way in French to be more specific. For some reason something like le quinzième comes to mind. Can anyone clarify this for me? Thanks, Ken

Asked 4 years ago

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Graham H.B1Kwiziq community member

Use of the present when it is actually the past

I would like to know why the last phrase is in the present "c'est avec des larmes" when the rest of the text is in the past. I have seen the present used for obituaries, but on those occasions the present is used throughout the text, not just on one occasion. Est-ce qu'il y a quelqu'un qui peut m'expliquer?

Asked 4 years ago

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Ozan D.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

participe passé agree with direct object

does participe passé agree with direct object when "on" is the subject of the passive sentence.
for example on l'a regardée (she was watched)(la is feminin article)
ı wish your helps thanks

Asked 6 years ago

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APOSTOLOS K.C1Kwiziq community member

Bold are bit tricky

Bonjour!

I think that the bolds to the above paragraphe on conjugation is a bit tricky. I am corying it below

je me / m'

tu te / t'

il, elle, on se / s' + verb conjugated in the right form

nous nous

vous vous

ils, elles se / s

"Je, il, elle, on" must not be in bold. Because they are bold I thought that I could use them in the reflexive form.

Merci

Asked 4 years ago

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