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Rebecca O.A1Kwiziq community member

the first rule and the second are the same?the first rule says 1. usec'est in sentences it/he/she is + a/the/my... + thing/people but the 2nd says when using If it/he/she is is followed by un/une/le/la - use c'est. - but isnt 'un' 'a' anyway? - im not sure I understand the difference here...

Asked 8 years ago

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Rene S.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Still confused. Paris? C'est magnifique ! Why? Paris is a very specific place? Didier ? Il est très intelligent. Ok Ma nouvelle voiture? __ est très confortable. Not sure when to use ce or il/elle...

Asked 7 years ago

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yellamaraju s.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

tes or ton possessive adjectivesIn the quiz a question is mentioned as: Tu prononçais mal tes "s". "s" being one alphabet it may be said as "ton". Hope It is right.

Asked 8 years ago

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Jack B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

How do you say "silvie talks to her friend" where the friend is male?The personal pronoun is also "son". Therefore "you cannot say" is the correct answer! Non?

Asked 6 years ago

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Jo T.A2Kwiziq community member

In the sentence - c'est vraiment mignon, why is "mignon" masculine when it is talking about a female being cute? Thanks (Jo)

Asked 6 years ago

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Joakim R.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Refering to ideas with en/y/leAs far as I understand, when refering to a phrase without repeating it, one uses "en" if it begins with "de", "y" if it begins with "à" and le/la/les otherwise. This rule failed me on the latest B1 writing challenge: "One day, I'm sure [of it]," -> "Un jour, je le/y/en suis certain," (I haven't even seen the phrase that le/y/en refers to yet, so how can I chose?). "the dead will come back to life" -> "les morts reviendront à vie". Ok, now we know what to be sure of: "Un jour, les morts reviendront à vie". That doesn't start with either à or de, so I guessed that "le" was the word to use in the first sentence, but the answer says "en", and I'm confused.

Asked 8 years ago

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Jo T.A2Kwiziq community member

Speed - c'est tres difficile comprendre

Est-ce qu'en peux faire les mots vont plus lentement. Je ne comprends pas. C'est trop vite!

Asked 5 years ago

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Maeve L.A2Kwiziq community member

Aller or entrer and rentrer or revenir

In the avoir/être test for "he went" I put "il est allé" and for "I went back" I put "je suis rentré" Both were marked incorrect, why?

Asked 3 years ago

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Julie H.B1Kwiziq community member

its not clear to me when to use il faut and when to use il faut que

Asked 7 years ago

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Shrey R.A1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

J'adore les bonbons ! - Oui, mais lesquels sont tes préférés ?

In this example can’t the answer be as-

‘Oui,mais lequel est ton préféré?’

How to judge whether the answer of lesquelles or lequel should be singular or plural ?

Asked 6 years ago

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