French language Q&A Forum

This was one of the questions that I encountered here.

Sentence:

I gave my old computer to an association.'' ?(HINT: here old as "that I used to own")

It turns out the correct translation is: J'ai donné mon ancien ordinateur...

Why is that?

I think it should be - J'ai donné mon ordinateur ancien...

Since, the adjective after the noun means = old

Can someone explain this to me ?

Why isn`t the statement 'Je sors de Narbonne en ce moment-même.' correct? It seems to be one of the special cases where 'sortir de' can be used when leaving a city (only time). According to Wikepedia Narbonne is a town in France.  The correct answers used partir and quitter which made sense to me but this 3rd sentence also seemed correct.

Appreciate your comments. Thanks.

not sure why it is not imaginée since it is a lady talking. (reflexive verb, compound tense)

Tout le monde ______ des notes pendant la leçon d'histoire. C'était ennuyeux.

I would LOVE to not have points deducted because of punctuation...one can't always tell when listening, especially when a dash is before the phrase. One could read the punctuation after the exercize. Also, I find grading myself a waste of time and wish I could skip it.

This was listed as a writing exercise.  I don’t really mind but it was a surprise.

Is there any way to put the NEXT button next to the rating (smiley faces) BEFORE the lessons suggested? These dictation and writing exercises are so beneficial, but there is a lot of movement from keyboard to mouse to scroll past suggested lessons, after each small phrase. This physical repetitive movement is incredibly annoying and seems unnecessary. The best would be not having to switch to the mouse at all, that would be much more efficient ! Thanks for listening to my suggestion.

In the sentence "Au final, ce que je préfère avec la Saint-Valentin, c'est trouver les chocolats à prix réduit que l'on peut acheter en général le 15 février dans les magasins !" what is the purpose of the "l'" before on? Merci !