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emma m.A2Kwiziq community member

Bureau menas both desk and office. So 'il est à son bureau' means he is at his desk or he is in his office?

Asked 6 years ago

Olivia H.B1Kwiziq community member

How do you know when to use the future simple versus aller+ infinitive?

Asked 9 years ago

dave d.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Tu te lavais ?Tu te lavais ?.....can this also be read as "you used to wash yourself?"? Thanks in advance for any help.

Asked 7 years ago

Paul F.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Je devrai / je devrais

In this exercise “I should maybe call the train company” is translated as “je devrai ... “, but “I should really insure my phone” is “je devrais ...” . It’s only a very small detail (and I believe both are pronounced the same, or almost the same, by most people anyway), but why is the future of devoir used in one case and the conditional in the other?

Asked 5 years ago

Arndis K.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

She's a good dancer - c'est? I understand that things have a male/female gender in French, unlike English where things generally are neutral, but is it really so that you can use "c'est" about a person?

Asked 6 years ago

Liz K.A2Kwiziq community member

Je n’ai pas pu dormir

Can you also use ‘je ne pouvais pas dormir’ - if not why please..

Thanks

Liz

Asked 5 years ago

Shubham M.B2Kwiziq community member

I would like to know if it is correct...I wrote a quotation in English and now I translated it in French. It's something like that: ( Dans le grand schéma de l'univers, ni vous ni un millier d'autres gens n'aurez un jour de l'importance. Nous ne sommes qu'un infime grain de sable dans une immensité que l'on ne peut même pas imaginer. En acceptant cela, le seul sens que votre vie, ou n'importe quelle autre vie, peut avoir dans une telle immensité est le sens que vous la donnez. Rêvez en grand, amusez-vous, et surtout soyez honnête et soyez heureux. ) In English: ( In the grand scheme of the universe, nothing you or one thousand other people do will ever begin to remotely matter. We are nothing but an infinitesimal speck on a scale we cannot even begin to fathom. Accepting that, the only meaning that your life, or any life, can have on such a scale is the meaning for which you give it. Dream big, live fun, and most importantly be honest and be happy. ) I would like to know if I have translated my quotation correctly in French. Thank you in advance! Note: All my writing pieces are solely my literary work and authorized.

Asked 7 years ago

engenious e.C1Kwiziq community member

Banals/BanauxIs this pair also interchangeable? This test question suggest otherwise: Which one of these plural forms is wrong? : géniaux, banaux, généraux, totaux

Asked 7 years ago

Michael R.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

il fautIs there a lesson on the conjugation of il faut for compound tenses especially the future proche & perfect and Le Passé Proche. I have read 'Il Faut : Expressing Necessity And Obligation" but need something a bit deeper. The conjegations of falloir I find online only do the Passé Composé. I know its just the ' il' conjugation of falloir but I thought a lesson might help it sink in.

Asked 7 years ago

Sophia M.A0Kwiziq community member

Est-ce que tu as de la farine?In the question 'Est-ce que tu as de la farine?' , it sounds like you don't say part of 'Est-ce que'. Why is that?

Asked 8 years ago

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