Confusing question

Sid S.C1Kwiziq community member

Confusing question

"Ta voiture est petite. - Oui, mais c'est ________ dans mon garage."Your car is small. - Yes, but my garage is small.This makes no sense! Please change all similar questions so people have a chance of answereing them correctly. 
My pizza is hot. - Yes but my garden is pretty. If this makes sense to you then I apologise.

Asked 2 years ago
CécileKwiziq team memberCorrect answer

Hi Sid,

I see your point but there is a correlation between the size of your car and the size of your garage however your example is very random - no link between a pizza and a garden.

It is just a very French way of saying how small your place is for instance -

C'est tout petit chez moi My place is very tiny 

https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/chez-moi-cest-tout-petit.2139024/

 

We are reviewing this example as a result as it may be too colloquial.

Bonne Continuation !

 

 

Maarten K.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

I don’t think it is such ‘colloquial French’ as to be beyond understanding. At least in my part of the English speaking world an observation offered that ‘Your car is tiny/so small/small’ could easily be met with a response like ‘Yeah/yes, but so is my garage/ but my garage is small too/ but you should see my garage etc’. These are not complete conversations but this one doesn’t seem that obscure to me.

Confusing question

"Ta voiture est petite. - Oui, mais c'est ________ dans mon garage."Your car is small. - Yes, but my garage is small.This makes no sense! Please change all similar questions so people have a chance of answereing them correctly. 
My pizza is hot. - Yes but my garden is pretty. If this makes sense to you then I apologise.

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