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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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Graham D.C1Kwiziq community member

Hi. If I was describing the day or night, how would you say, "It is a cold foggy night"?

Asked 7 years ago

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Emilia D.A2Kwiziq community member

ma belle-mère et mon beau-père

doesn't belle-mère and beau-père also mean mother-in-law and father-in-law? I've never heard of them being the step-parents

Asked 4 years ago

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Dipika J.A2Kwiziq community member

Is the sentence correct.. Le repas me plaît.

Asked 8 years ago

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melissa F.B1Kwiziq community member

Inserting a seemingly unneccessary definite articleIn a similar vein to my question below ( I don't know where to find the relevant grammar topic ), there are many places in french where it seems one must insert a definite article where it would be omitted in English-- here are a couple of examples: "Il y a même des alcools spéciaux en France qui sont synonymes de l'apéritif comme le Pineau, le Muscadet que l’on sert avec une liqueur de fruit. " "Vous serrez la main que l'on vous tend." Why can't you say "qu'on sert"," qu'on vous tend" ?

Asked 7 years ago

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Thekla K.A1Kwiziq community member

We can say " un verre à eau " when we want a glass *for* water not *of* water?

Asked 7 years ago

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Leah V.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Encore vs ToujoursDear Aurelie, Why is "you must still know" "Il faut encore connaitre" and not "Il faut toujours connaitre" ? I thought that toujours worked better for still. could toujours be used? Thank you, Leah

Asked 7 years ago

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yellamaraju s.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Qu'est-ce qui te plaît chez Anna ?The meaning provided in the example was: "What do you like about Anna?. I guess it should be "What do you like about Anna's (home)?

Asked 6 years ago

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Juliette A.A2Kwiziq community member

Commencer à does not work

Bonjour !

I have been told by French people that I cannot apply this rule to the verb commencer à.

For example:

Je commence à faire mes devoirs. J'y commence.

I am starting to do my homework. I'm starting it.

Is it an exception ? Or is it just socially not regularly used ?

Merci !

Asked 5 years ago

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Charles v.A1Kwiziq community member

Two questions about Tu and VousIf there's a case that my teacher (or teacher's assistent) is somewhere near my age or we have known each other for a while (usually educators want to be as quick as possible to befriend students during class, so that would be approximately two weeks), should I address them in Tu or Vous? Another case is that what if I've chatted with a person whom I've just met for an hour and after a while I text that person in Tu, would I sound repelling? Merci beaucoup in advance!

Asked 8 years ago

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