French language Q&A Forum

It cuts out mid-way through.

Does the use of this phrase (When something has happened, something else will) automatically make the "something else" far enough in the future to use futur simple rather than present tense ? Certainly some of the examples here would likely be fairly soon in the future, but they all use futur simple !

While I did use "elle est aussi restée avec moi dimanche" could you use "elle m'est aussi restée dimanche" ?

Pouquoi ne pas utiliser " Savez que  vous êtes loin d'etre le seul au lieu de "Sachez que vous êtes loin d'être le seul"? L'utilisation du subjonctif est-elle nécessaire ? 

 Kevin

In one quiz question it states :

Quand j'étais enfant, ________ au chœur du collège.

When I was a child, I used to belong to the high school choir.

(HINT: Use "appartenir" (to belong))

The correct English for collège is middle school. Lycée is high school. 

Is the underlying phrase here "faire de [qch] la référence en la matière"? What does it mean exactly, and is it common?

The audio of this exercise was having difficulty -- one can't replay the dictées and the replay of the whole dictation broke up into disjointed bits and pieces. Can this be fixed?

How do we know when to use the verb “avoir” or when we have to use the verb “être”? Or is that something we just need to memorize?