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Sara K.B2Kwiziq community member

Croire à vs. croire en

Are croire à and croire en interchangeable? If not, what is the difference?

Asked 4 years ago

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Kevin C.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Liaison between the auxiliary and the past participle?Is there no liaison in "nous aurions été déçus" between aurions and été? I didn't hear it in the recording.

Asked 8 years ago

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John L.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Je suisSo I am and I follow is the same? I am you = I follow you = je te suis?

Asked 8 years ago

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Jennifer C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

How do you say she ought to really stop seeing himI want to know how French differentiates between ought and should

Asked 9 years ago

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Mike P.B2Kwiziq community member

is this required, or is it optional in written French?You seem to imply that it is, but other sources limit it to only highly formal writing.

Asked 9 years ago

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Joakim R.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

à vs auWhy is it "*à* côté de" but "*au* coin de" ?

Asked 8 years ago

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Nikita T.A1Kwiziq community member

Aren't we using Present Perfect Continuous here, and not just Present Perfect?We should have been using Present Perfect Continuous when describing actions continuing in present since some undefined time in the past, shouldn't we?

Asked 7 years ago

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Laura C.B1Kwiziq community member

For some reason I thought "en" was used when referring to ideas or non-descript things? I know en is used to replace things with "de/du/de la" but...I thought it was also used to replace ideas, things, etc.

Asked 9 years ago

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Diana S.A1Kwiziq community member

Tu veux venir à la piscine? - Oui, je le veux.The idea is introduced with à, why do we use le instead of y. Am a little lost here.

Asked 8 years ago

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Kristina C.A1Kwiziq community member

j'habite a edmonton

Asked 9 years ago

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