French language Q&A Forum

S'est occupée is passé composé.  This is a single action completed in the past.  But the text describes an action over the years.  Why not s'occupait?

OK, I spelled 'conduisiez' wrong, but I am puzzled as to the of the expletif 'ne' here.  As I understand it, it has no negative meaning, but how does one know when to use it in these subjunctive clauses?

Hi, in the mini-quiz, it gives une histoire très interessante as correct. However, I understood that if the adjective is modified by an adverb of only one syllable, it comes before the verb. As in the given example un très joli manteau. So by that logic, it should be une très interessante histoire? 

Hello, 

So, the demonstrative pronouns in French, if I'm not mistaken, are: celui, ceux, celle, celles 

While in English, they're: this, these, that, those 

But if I want to translate: That looks like the car I used to drive. in French, that's Cela ressemble à la voiture que je conduisais. 

Why cela and not celle ?

So, when do you actually use the french demonstrative pronouns?

I was intrigued by "dans ces moments-là" which is dropped into the examples without explanation of the choice of preposition. Maybe because it’s a generalisation, which doesn’t reference a particular time? I can’t see that it’s down to the choice of "moment" because you can say "en ce moment".

Confused by the use of "Lui" in "je LUI ai fait faire sa valise" and "je LUI ai même bandé les yeux" as they both don't use "à"? Or am I mistaken?

Hello everyone, 

I was just wondering if you could give me some tips to use this website effectively, as I can't figure out how to remember the information. The topic tests aren't enough, so I was thinking to make flashcards, but that sounds straining. 

I'm doing IB and I need some tips - anything helps.

Thank you.

takes a foreign movie and fails to give the proper credit to the original.

There was no mention that I remember during the Oscars that this film was a Franco-Belgian production.

Hollywood has a long history of this failure to recognize the original movies.

Question 1)  Comment se sont passées vos vacances ? Should it not have the final 'es' ?

Query 2) If a question is asked using the past tense, can the reply be in the imparfait?

Why is my answer incorrect when I have a hypothetical "si" clause.  The lesson said passé composé is never used with a "si clause".  The correct answer used future conditional for the verb être.  Thank you.