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John D.C1Kwiziq community member

I find that in the incremental sections of the text ,during replay, the first word is only partially spoken, Its quite annoying-any advice please

Asked 4 years ago

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Aashpreet K.A1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Derivates of Venir

"Parvenir" goes with être and "Convenir" goes with avoir (unlike venir) in Passé composé?? Same goes for "Survenir" (goes with être) and "Subvenir" (goes with avoir). Where can I find all such cases of Venir??? The list given on Kwiziq does not have these verbs - https://french.kwiziq.com/revision/grammar/verbs. Please help.

Asked 2 years ago

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Tom A.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Cela vs ce

In the translation of 'it's not sufficient' why is 'cela' preferred over 'ce' in the phrase 'cela n'est pas suffisant' ?

Asked 5 years ago

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Nancy P.C1Kwiziq community member

Connaître v. savoir

In the fill-in-the-blank test "Choisir un cadeau", in which one chooses either connaître or savoir (conjugated), two sentences don't fit into the scheme "savoir if clause with conjugated verb or with following infinitive" v. "connaître if followed by noun". These sentences are:

"Ah, c'est bon à _____!" and "Ça, je ne ______ pas!"

The answers for both were savoir and sais. Why?

Asked 5 years ago

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Nancy P.C1Kwiziq community member

Merry Christmas - Joyeux Noël - to the Lawless French crew!

No question here, just: Merci pour vôtre efforts et meilleurs voeux pour un Joyeux Noël et un bon Nouvel An! :)

Asked 4 years ago

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Barbara O.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

The final match of Zidane

Je ne suis pas vraiment le foot mais je me souviens du "coup de tête"!

Asked 5 years ago

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Yulyvrdcapbilvsyy Z.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Does the presence of a verb in the clause after "trouve" distinguish the two uses from each other?

Elle trouve que Sam EST belle.

versus

Elle trouve Sam ennuyeuse.

Does it work as a guide/rule that:

The presence of a conjugated verb after "trouve que" suggest both that

1) "trouve que" is being used in the sense of "think/find that...(clause)," and also

2) that "que" is necessary in the formation of such a sentence?

For comparison: "Elle trouve Sam est belle" would be grammatically incorrect.

Asked 5 years ago

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Nishtha A.Kwiziq community member

Mettez à l'impératif

1. Tu vas à London.

2. Tu réponds aux questions.

3. Nous allons à London.

4. Tu as de la patience.

5. Vous allez a l'école en bus.

6. Tu écoutes de la musique.

Asked 4 years ago

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James W.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

imperfect or perfect tense ?

im sure this has been asked already but I can't get my head around why imperfect is used for "les festivités commençaient VERS vingt heures" and then past tense is used for "VERS vingt-trois heures trente, tout le monde s'est dirigé vers le terrain de foot" when both sentences says towards a time ???

Asked 5 years ago

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