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LisaC1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Is student a profession?I apologize if this gets posted twice -- I had to log in and it disappeared. Question: If I am a professor, I say "Je suis professeur." But if I am a student, do I say "Je suis étudiant." even though it's not exactly a profession? Merci !

Asked 5 years ago

DiA0Kwiziq community member

Je suis vs. J'ai

Hi, I'm a beginner in French and I always get confused in using Je suis and J'ai. In my head (which thinks in English), sentences like 'I am 20 years old' is not 'Je suis vingt ans' but 'J'ai vingt ans' which literally means 'I have 20 years old'. Is there are hard rule when to use Je suis or J'ai in a sentence?

Asked 2 years ago

ReneB2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

C'est bon vs est bonneThe example says "la vanille, c'est bonne". why not "la vanille est bonne"? Especially since the ext sentence says "ces bonbons sont bons".

Asked 5 years ago

ClaireC1Kwiziq community member

J'aurai vs. Je serai. What's the difference?I'm bit confused by these two examples: J'aurai sûrement un quart d'heure de retard. I will probably be fifteen minutes late. Je serai sûrement en retard d'un quart d'heure. I will probably be fifteen minutes late. If "j'aurai" and "je serai" both mean "I will", how do I know which one to use?

Asked 6 years ago

Tom RuneC1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

En vs pendantI don't understand the difference (if any) between "en" and "pendant" when it comes to duration. Could you say both "j'ai mangé pendant une heure" and "j'ai mangé en une heure" to express "I ate for one hour"? Are there other examples (with duration) where you'd have to use one over the other?

Asked 5 years ago

EllenC1Kwiziq community member

Après-midi: Masculin ou feminin?Google translate says that the word après-midi is masculine, i.e. this afternoon = cet après-midi. But, when I enter "one afternoon", Google translate writes it as: "UNE après-midi", which sounds much better to me than "UN après-midi." Is there some rule about this , and does it apply to any other words in French? Or is Google translate making an error ?

Asked 4 years ago

NaimeA2Kwiziq community member

When am i going to use en or le le l' and les

Asked 7 years ago

ChrisB2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Il fait vent or Il y a du ventHello Kwiziq staff, I read your paragraph about the use of "Il fait ___" being idiomatic and somewhat clunky-sounding. For me, I have been instructed to say "Il fait vent" more times than I can remember (and is found in The Ultimate French Review and Practice, Premium 3rd Edition as a standard weather expression) and have not heard of "Il y a du vent" yet in my studies before encountering this question on your website.

Asked 5 years ago

SarahC1Kwiziq community member

j'ai passé ou je suis passé

Asked 6 years ago

TinaA0Kwiziq community member

what does cest ça mean?I saw the sentence "qu'est ce que c'est ça". I thought c'est and ça means the same thing "it", so I'm a little confused why do we need to repeat it twice. My teacher said that we can also use "qu'est ce que c'est" and "qu'est ce que ça". How exactly are they different?

Asked 5 years ago

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