French language Q&A Forum

  Elderly Brit here. I would use the English past perfect in both halves of a sentence like  "By the time I had finished eating, he had drunk a whole bottle" - when he’s drunk the bottle, I’ve already finished eating, a completed action.

Without wanting to split hairs, is the concept of the French "le temps que" slightly different to "by the time that" or does it just take (to my mind!) a less logical tense?

Why is the past subjunctive called for here?:

Je me souviens de cet hiver-là comme l'un des plus rudes que j'aie vécus

Could you please explain what 'bien' means in this alternative answer given in the quiz: 

ou pour les ordonnances à la pharmacie,

ou bien pour les ordonnances à la pharmacie, 

Thank you

Hi,

I think i'm beginning to understand this part of the section of adjectives with complements. I made a sentence une langue difficile a apprendre. is that coorect to write and I also wrote un garcon courageux comme un dragon.

thanks

nicole

I was taking one of the B1 tests and came across this problem. Could you please explain.

For "Do you know what happened?" I was marked wrong for "Savez-vous qu'est-ce qui s'est passé ?"

Only "Savez-vous ce qui s'est passé ?" is accepted. I feel my answer should be accepted.

Hi! 

For "Je me fais appeler" what does the "fais" mean? What are you doing/making to your name??

Thanks :)

Especially the Robert Desnos poem, it’s so memorable.

why not have a multiple choice after the reading exercise. that would make it much more useful and helpful in preparing for delf