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Hi,

I was wondering. My friend had asked me a question How is your room? Would I still use elle est since it is specific when i respond to her?

Meric

Nicole 

Please, could someone clarify the rule regarding the following:

Shouldn't "If you could" be translated with the conditional "vous pourriez"? The grammar lesson following this phrase recommends the conditional not the imparfait. 

Thanks!

Kalpana

When to use Le Subjonctif Présent or Le Subjonctif Passé?

Regardless of the tense used in the main clause, the question is whether the main clause action will go on until the action after jusqu'à ce que happens, or until it has happened and stopped:

I've managed to confuse myself.  In the example above surely the rain has completed its stopping – so should the phrase be:
On est restés à l'intérieur jusqu'à ce que la pluie se soit arrêtée

We stayed inside until after the rain had stopped
Or are both correct? Or am I just over-thinking this?

In the translation of, "I've always been fascinated by French high fashion, of which Yves Saint-Laurent is one of the most iconic figures.", do we use l'une instead of l'un because of the agreement with the 'la figure' ?

I realize this has come up before but it doesn’t seem there’s been a satisfactory answer yet: Why is only “On peut toujours trouver plus fort que soi” and not also “On peut toujours trouver plus fort que soi-même” correct? 

Je cherche mon dictionnaire!

I'm sorry, but this is a terrible example sentence. Who on earth would refer to walking their dog as "taking a walk with" their dog? The dog has no independence. It doesn't join you for a walk the same way your friend Julie might.

The example sentence should be changed to:
 Anne et Antoine promènent leur chien.

You can have the same answer choices, but the correct answer would be "Anne and Antoine are walking their dog." Which is a sentence you might say in real life, as opposed to "They're taking a walk with their dog" which no one said ever.

What is the difference between polluer and faire polluer? 

Could you have "Vous nous accompagnerez la prochaine fois"? as well as "Vous viendrez avec nous.."?

Thanks