French language Q&A Forum

Bonjour! When would one use dans for travel that is enclosed (i.e. bus, metro) vs using en? Thanks!

La traduction de " students were welcomed by..." n' est-elle pas "furent accueillis" au lieu de "ont été accueillis" ?

Bonjour :)

In this statement: If there is a pronoun before the infinitive, ne pas precedes it.

Which pronoun are we talking about here? Direct or Indirect? The examples above exhibit both, so I'm a bit confused.

Merci :)

Not sure why - it does not seem a particularly unusual word to use in this context ?

It is interesting just how many words French has for 'annoying'!

je ferai gagner du temps à tout le monde - What's the expression here? Because I don't understand why "À" is used here?

“Sa mère et moi l'avons seulement assistée avec les démarches administratives.”. Hi, ”sa mère” (mother is female) “et moi” (“moi” is the father, who is male) “avons assistée” (first-person plural passé composé). We have a mixture of male and female forming the “we”, so should the past participle be “assisté” and not “assistée”? Thanks. 

What is meant by ..."qui a su conquérir les petits comme les grands" ?

Bescherelle punctuates haïr in the passé simple as: je haïs, tu haïs, il haït, etc., whereas you insist on: j'hais, tu hais, il hais, etc.  Can they both be correct? 

Is there a spelling error in the following?

Après s'être rasé la tête, Carl se sentit mieux.

Carl se sentAIT mieux

John M

On a couple of occasions,  after completing a phrase, when I clicked submit, the exercise jumped to the next phrase before I had a chance to see the answer and give myself a mark. Why does this happen?