French language Q&A Forum

Questions answered by our learning community with help from expert French teachers

14,247 questions • 30,879 answers • 909,047 learners

Kwizbot, a friendly bot

Find your French level for FREE

Test your French to the CEFR standard

Find your French level

Mohammad S.A2Kwiziq community member

Bonjour Aurélie, How can I make Negative of double object pronoun in present and passé composé ?? Glad to have your reply. Rgds/ Mohammad Shibly

Asked 8 years ago

Jean W.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Cardinal points

Au sud, dans le sud etc. Which preposition is correct, and if both can be used, is there a difference in when they are used ?

Merci en avance !

Asked 6 years ago

Ha W.C1Kwiziq community member

Passé Simple + Conditionnel PrésentIn the Writing Challenge 26 level C1, the sentence "... Pompidou décida de faire construire ... un centre ... qui PERMETTRAIT ..." uses Conditionnel Présent in the subordinate clause even though the decision was made in the past (Passé Simple). Is it incorrect to use Conditionnel Passé?

Asked 8 years ago

D. L.B1Kwiziq community member

Seems odd....Nous venons juste d'apprendre la nouvelle. We've just heard the news..... I find it rather disconcerting and only slightly confusing, but often for me the structure and specific wording in french is left somewhat "open ended". This sentence is a perfect example. We have learned that Entendre is to hear and Apprendre is to learn, and yet here you see them used almost in error. If we are saying we have just learned of the news, we should state that and if we have just heard it then why not say that? Why use the word learned and say heard? Seems odd. Further, why include "just" in a sentence that already implies this meaning with the passé récent of Nous venons d'.... if we translate this sentence Without the word "just" as shown above.... what do we have? Nous venons d'apprendre la nouvelle... ? And we are going to use Heard in the translation, why not, Nous venons d'entendre la nouvelle? Lastly, why do we not use Les nouvelles for the news, i think technically La Nouvelle is the new?!? It seems we say a lot things we don't mean.... and mean a lot of things we don't say..... perhaps it's the same in English.... can someone offer me some sound logic in this regard? Nous venons d'entendre les nouvelles... We just heard the news....Thank you so much....

Asked 8 years ago

Brian H.C1Kwiziq community member

Getting 100% at level B2I seem to be stuck at 99.90% at level B2. my last 10 tests have all been tens. Obviously I will make a mistake eventually and I do not want to start C1 tests untill I get 100% at B2. I already have 100% at A0, A1, A2, B1. So, how many more tests must I take to reach 100% at level B2

Asked 8 years ago

Ann C.C1Kwiziq community member

Why does "There is some risk" translate to "Il y a un certain risque"instead of "Il y a un risque" ? It seems like saying there is some risk implies more that the risk is certain/sure/definite more than what the particular risk is.

Asked 8 years ago

Çağrı Y.A2Kwiziq community member

"dans la" VS "à la"Les parents sont dans la poste.

Les parents sont à la poste.

What is the difference?

Asked 5 years ago

Magnus H.C1Kwiziq community member

Asked 9 years ago

Miah F.A2Kwiziq community member

Replying to n'est-ce pas

Bonjour, Does n'est-ce pas make a sentence negative and thus require si when replying to it or do you use oui. For example, Tu parles anglais, n'est-ce pas ?Is it si or oui, je parle anglais?

Merci

Asked 2 years ago

David R.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Pronunciation of tu es

In the examples above the es in "tu es" is pronounced like the ê in êtes and also like the e in et. Is there a rule for which pronunciation to use when? Or is it more of a regional difference?

Asked 5 years ago

Kwizbot, a friendly bot

Find your French level for FREE

Test your French to the CEFR standard

Find your French level

Clever stuff happening!