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Michael D.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

'tout' (everything) vs 'tous' or 'toutes' (all of them)'Tout' ('too') means 'everything, and its pronunciation must be distinguished from: 'Tous' ('toos') and 'toutes' ('toot') mean all of them. With these ('all of them') Here, there are 2 cases: 1. when used as the noun: (tous etaient content - all of them were happy-'toos'); 2. when used as an adjective of the noun 'they' (as in 'they all' or 'they were ll'): (ils etaient tous content - they were all happy - 'too') The weird one is 'ils l'ont tous eu' - they all passed - by the rule 'tous' should be pronounced 'too', but is pronounced 'toos' because of liaison. Is this correct?

Asked 8 years ago

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Jayani P.A2Kwiziq community member

When exactly we should use depuis with present?

Asked 9 years ago

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Robert S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

"À qui" vs "de qui'In the quiz question: "La personne ________ je pense me rend heureux." , could you please clarify why "de qui" cannot be considered correct?

Asked 6 years ago

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T.G. O.A1Kwiziq community member

Finir + de?

When is the formula "finir + de" used? I noticed this in a few of the examples, where it was "conjugated form of finir + de + infinitive verb"

Asked 5 years ago

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Jennifer C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Il faut faire son litWhy is it not il faut faire ton or votre lit, rather than son

Asked 7 years ago

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Johnny L.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

you never say "Quel un beau matin !"So how would one say "What a beatiful morning!"? Also, this lesson addresses "What a...!" How do I say "how kind of you"?

Asked 7 years ago

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Kris M.B2Kwiziq community member

The use of vaut?

Whilst not directly on this subject but is anyone able to explain the use of "vaut" from the example. Il vaut mieux le faire soi même.

Asked 5 years ago

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Donald H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Passé simple:Yes I agree that it does avoid the passé composé rules but....if it is only used as a written tool, why are there so any questions using it? While there may be a lot of the 77,000+ people using this site to learn French, I would bet a lot of money that most of us are learning to be able to speak it properly. Just my frustration. I would prefer more attention be given to idioms such as the ones in the weekend challenge.

Asked 7 years ago

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Leah V.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Mieux vs meilleurCorrect answer in test: "Elle (referring to la maison) est mieux que l'autre. In the lesson the example is "Les bonbons sont meilleurs que.... Noun + Etre +..meilleur or mieux. I would have thought it would be meilleure. $

Asked 7 years ago

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Advika K.A1Kwiziq community member

Why is en used before retard and avance Thank you very much

Asked 7 years ago

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