French language Q&A Forum

"I've always..." describes something that starts in the past and must surely still be going on.  How is that not the use of imparfait?  Similarly in another recent lesson, "I fell in love with..." again states a condition now (in love) that began in the past.  Yet both of these were phrased in Passe Compose.  I've read and reread the lessons on passe-compose/imparfait but they do not seem to address "I've always found... I fell in love...".  Please help, Je suis tellement exaspéré !  :-)

Why in this sentence is both 'lui' and 'le' needed? As isn't "le" meaning "her" here because "ventre" is a body part? 

The same thing with the sentence "Le vent vivifiant lui fouettait le visage"

Bonjour! Est-ce que quelqu'un pourrait m'expliquer pourquoi l'exercise dit "payer pour qqch" au lieu de payer qqch? Est-ce que payer devrait etre transitif dans ce cas? (Desole pour ne pas avoir mis les accents!) Merci en avance!

It might be helpful if you indicate which it is? My natural inclination is to think it's past tense.

Title. Trying to figure out if you must have the "ce" or if there are situations where it is not present. 

I found this very difficult and frustrating.  Some of the words I thought I needed were not in my dictionary or were very different from what I expected:  Silicon was translated to be silicium (!); liposuction was nowhere to be found.  I don't recall having see the expression "couter les yeux et la tete" before (although there is some faint recollection of it).  Poser, used I think in its possible form,  is to install, but not a term I would have associated with breast implants.  I think I need MUCH more information and education in current terminology to feel any success with this translations.  How do I get this?????  Help, please!!

I appreciate the attempt but for me this project has been a failure.  I still have no idea what I would be eating.  I have so many questions about this last menu that I don't even know where to start.  I am not even clear about the cost.  So frustrating! 

Merci