French language Q&A Forum

I am finding it too difficult to learn the passé simple and the subjunctive at the same time. Can I drop the passé simple for the time being?

One of the examples in this lesson reads, "Tu vis en dehors de la ville." I was wondering about the distinction (if there is any, subtle though it may be) between saying that and saying, "Tu habites en dehors de la ville."

In this example, "You are leaving next Tuesday, aren't you", the correct answer used the present tense to indicate immediate future, but next Tuesday is not the immediate future.  What is the cut-off?  A week? A month? It varies?

Bonjour, je ne peux pas utiliser les accents sur mon claviers

hello madam/sir,

I have a question why here they used 'des' instead of 'de'? As we use des for plural, but here nothing is plural.

Complétez avec les  prépositions

1. ………..l’hôpital, il y a un parc.

a. Derrière

b. Au-dessous

c. Sous

2. ……….. la maison, il y a des fenêtres.

a. Sur

b. Dans

c. Au-dessous

3. ………. la table, il y a un dossier rouge.

a. Au-dessus

b. Sur

c. Entre

4. …………… les chaises, il y a une table.

a. Sur

b. Entre

c. Au-dessous

5. Les chaises sont ……………….. le jardin.

a. dans

b. sur

c. sous

In level C1 why is there so much emphasis on passé simple?  I would rather be practising useful phrases. Thank you.