French language Q&A Forum

Hello all,

I'm just in communication with support at the moment and I'm starting to think I dreamt up something. A while ago does anyone remember there being a listening practice history whenever you entered a listening lesson that you have already done. You used to get the date you did it plus the score you gave yourself. Anyone remember?

Many thanks

Martin
PS. Else I think I'm going mad!

In answer to Stephen's question:

Aurelie wanted to write a little poem for us to make it more fun and enjoyable. 

"Baluchon" rhymes with "regions". 

I learned a new word: "Baluchon". It is a bit old-fashioned and I can picture a hobo with his "baluchon" over his shoulder.

This lesson was also a nice review of: "galettes" and "beffroi".

Merci !

"Il avait même fallu que les autorités démentissent le canular". According to a conjugation guide I use, this sentence appears to use "démentir" in the subjunctif imparfait, which I think is rarely used today in French. Would it be better as "que les autorités démentent" (present subjunctive)? Or maybe "aient démenti" if a subjunctive in the past tense is needed here? 

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?

Can 'parcourir' be used interchangeably with 'couvrir' in the context of this exercise? 

I wront

qui s'asseyeront ensuite...Is it fine?

Merci

Can you explain grammatically the construction if this phrase?  I get that it means "we got home from school", but it seems unnecessarily complicated.  Could you not say "nous étions retourné de l'école"?

Can’t there be two correct answers to this statement about France’s territory depending on whether you are referring to ‘the territory’ or the territories ‘climate and relief’?

Why is the verb « aller » inserted in the answer ?  « nous te disons de ne pas aller te coucher » . Why isn’t it « nous te disons de ne pas te coucher » ?

Hi! Thanks for the exercise! The audio for ¨traverse le village¨ sounds very much like ¨traverse sur le village¨ - or maybe it just sounds like that to me.

Also, the ¨le maire¨ hint, I think, belongs on the audio section before where it is currently located.