French language Q&A Forum

One of the possible answers for the end of the last sentence was I believe "...dès que je peux" for the translation of "as soon as I can".  I chose pourrais instead of peux because I thought the sentenced implied an action in the future.  I was a bit surprised to see a present tense used here.  Can you explain why present is preferable to future?

...could we alternatively use something like “s'ils connaissaient quant à de cet achat?”

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Oh, mes rhumatismes me dérangent un peu......

Is the 'me' before dérangent missing? I've listened several times but can't hear it.

I know that this is not a question related to grammar or vocabulary, but I don't see where else to address the problem since there is no link to report an issue. 

While doing this exercise it skipped forward before I could give myself a grade. Because of this, my score was five points lower. Not a big deal, but a little discouraging, since I would have given myself a close to perfect score. Just wondering why this happens sometimes?

same problem, cant retake the quiz, very annoying

These answers are bedevilled by poor English translations. Certain, in English, means either a particular one, or that one is sure of something. There is nothing vague about it, but your definition of 'certain' in the pre-noun position you say implies a vagueness, and yet the answer to the question is keith likes a certain (particular) man - unless you mean he likes all men who are sure about things? If you could avoid using the word 'certain' in your english translations that might be helpful.

I read somewhere else that you always put the most important first, ie the thing or person that is missed, ie Jean manque à ma sœur ; my sister misses Jean , Jean lui manque ; she misses Jean. Is that a guide worth following?