French language Q&A Forum

I’m confused about why the possessive of “Ils” in this lesson is “se“ rather than “ses“?

When was the "point" (full stop) replaced with the exclamation mark in French?   There seem very few occasions when the point is acceptable: But the exclamation mark seems mandatory in most circumstances. 

The speech for "parmi lesquelles un quiz de l'année qui vient de s'écouler, " is extremely unclear, and I was unable to figure it out. I played it to someone who is a native French speaker, and she couldn't figure it out either. It's the "quiz de l'année" part that is really bad.

Could you not answer Oui j'y crois ??

Why is it that when you want to say new before the consonants, you say 'nouveau' but when you want to say new hotel, you say "nouvel hotel" because 'h' is a not a vowel

I notice in the example, Martine walks "jusque chez Julien". More often you see jusqu’à (or au, à la etc). Is à omitted here because "chez" is already a preposition, as well as denoting Julien’s house?

What is correct " tu achetes les chaussures" or " tu achetes des chaussures" 

Context and interpretation is not being considered in My answers... Why? 

I ask this because I would like to know if They want Direct Translations or do They want to Same Essence of what is being said?

I wasn't confused about this till I read the response to why is there the "de" between"c'est" and "perdre".  In your response you say if "adjective or past participle in-ed" comes after être, but there is no adjective or past participle after "c'est", so why the "de"?

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Thank you for your contribution, Maarten !

- être + adjective or past participle in-ed + de + verb

- être + de + verb