"Il gèle !"

Translation: It is freezing!

[Canard_Drake]

Why "It freezes!" is not allowed?

[Trofaste]

"Il gèle !" in French is talking about the weather, which in English is idiomatically expressed with the continuous "It's freezing!"

[AngelGee4]

So, if it said "Il fait gele" then it would be "it's freezing outside"?

[excellence2018]

Noted

[Yiannis49]

As Trofaste explained, this sentence means that the temperature is freezing cold (very cold), not that a liquid is freezing (turning into a solid).

[SoosanBates]

So, is 'gèle' a conjugated verb form of 'to freeze' ?

[W-Ruggles-Wolfe]

Yes.

http://dictionary.reverso.net/french-english/geler

http://conjugator.reverso.net/conjugation-french-verb-geler.html

[Kirt559640]

"It's freezing" or "It's freezing out" should also work.

[Keyre]

It marked me wrong for "It's freezing " as well

[AngelGee4]

Marked me wrong too

[weymin]

Yeah marked me wrong too!

[mrsfizzix]

so how would you say that it's icy?

[Trofaste]

"Il est verglacé/Elle est verglacée".

[fierysmiley]

Duo has accepted "It rains" for "Il pleut" and "It snows" for "Il neige" so why not "It freezes" here?

[ProfJamie20]

Because "it freezes" would imply that something is physically freezing, while that is not what the sentence is trying to say. "It's freezing" in this case doesn't mean that water is freezing, it's implying that something is freezing cold. It's a weird English grammar thing.

[_DanDavies_]

Doesn't accept "it's freezing".

[krista189497]

il fait froid I would say it is freezing il gele is more that the water freezes... or am I wrong?

[Trofaste]

"Il fait froid" just means "it is cold", not necessarily freezing.

[planowarrior]

It is frozen

[Trofaste]

"Il est gelé/congelé (if it's food)"/"elle est gelée/congelée"

[excellence2018]

As a regular "-er" verb, the passé composé (perfect past tense) of the infinitive "gèler" uses the auxiliary verb "avoir" not "être".

"It is frozen" = "Il a gelé".

[excellence2018]

Sorry the passé composé should be:

Il a gelé = It HAS frozen

[Trofaste]

Right, but "it is frozen" is using a present tense verb (is) and an adjective (frozen), not the compound past, and translates to a similar construction in French.

[Keisha769044]

Would it be correct to say il y a gele

[Trofaste]

No, it wouldn't. You have to construct it with the impersonal "il" and the conjugated form of the verb "geler" (to freeze): "il gèle".

[AmaiaImazBlanco]

WHy is is "it freezes" incorrect???

[Trofaste]

"Il gèle !" in French is talking about the weather, which in English is idiomatically expressed with the continuous "It's freezing!"

[HarveyMiles]

Doesn't sound like she is saying ..gele.

[walid619559]

why shr us saying il ve.....l

[AngelGee4]

Has anyone tried "He freezes"?

[CharlesWhe16]

It's freezing should be correct also , n'est pas ?

[Jenni9201]

Was marked incorrect for it's freezing, and corrected answer is *it is * what the?. It's and it is are same

[JocaLevy]

Why "It's freezing" shouldn't be considered wrong.

[judithambler]

It's freezing should be correct.

[Sandib67]

Why not "he is freezing"

[Cristine762170]

Please, Duolingo, can someone fix the error in the system that marks "It's freezing" as incorrect.

[Wilson_Chat]

What the.....It is freezing is not accepted without the exclamation point?!?!

[STRADS1551]

"Il gèle" is commonly used. But is it correct to say "il fait geler" or "il fait gelé"? Just curious.