French language Q&A Forum

Why is  "Ils ont été" and not "Ils étaient" ? These answers for were baffle me. They have been - They were, or are they interchangeable ?

Should the line in the lesson stating:  

pires / mauvais / mauvaises  ->  les pires / les plus mauvais / les plus mauvaises

Instead be stated as:  

mauvais / mauvaises  ->  pires / plus mauvais / plus mauvaises -> les pires / les plus mauvais / les plus mauvaises

I'm fully aware that student counts as an occupation, that the article comes in when there's an adjective, etc. What's confusing me is that is I've encountered people using the article with student (and only with student, no other occupations), with even some statements from native speakers online who say "X est un étudiant" feels more natural to them. I've also seen some other programs teach this as well; I'm well aware this is a different program, and am only stating how muddy waters seem on this! 

Is there a variation or shift occurring in the language (akin to the après que + subj. vs indic.)? Thanks!

Which is correct. Il fait beau or il y a du soleil?

A kwiz I took marked "seize heures moins vingt" as incorrect (correct answer "quinze heures quarante").Am I to understand that you can't use "moins" constructions for >12 hours at all? In this lesson you only mention "moins le quart" being wrong.

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“Depuis mon plus jeune âge, qu'on soit à la maison ou chez des amis”

what triggered the subjunctive (i.e. “soit”). Was it the “depuis … que” structure?

In my experience, ''fin de semaine'' is used in Quebec much more than ''weekend''. Are they interchangeable in France?

Hi, 

I was wondering when you use the adverbs absolument and totalement do they use the rule #5 in the lesson for adjectives with adverbs?

Thanks

Nicole

I put this lesson in my notebook.  I could test it a second time but not more.  Am I doing something wrong?

In the sentence "tout le monde aide avec les corvées"

1. why is the phase singular if means plurel as in everyone 
2. why is corvées feminine? I would have thought corvés as it is a mix of people (potentially)

And...

In the sentence "Julien s'occupe du tri des déchets"

1. why “tri” and not “trie”, I couldn’t find a “tri” in any tenses?

Merci beaucoup