French language Q&A Forum

Salut a tous.

Ma question concerne l'utilisation du pronom "dont"  ici. La phrase ci-dessus peut traduire comme soit "The books I think of are remarkable" soit "the books i'm thinking about are remarkable." étant donné que penser peut prendre la préposition 'de', cette dernière formulation permet l'utilisation de "dont", n'est-ce pas ? S'il vous plaît donnez votre avis. Merci en avance.

Vois ici: De qui/dont/duquel = of/about whom, of/about which - with prepositional verbs with "de" (French Relative Pronouns)

Can one also say ' je m'en servirai d'une'?

It wasn't offered as an option.

Thanks

“À la maison blanche” refers to the White House, right ?

The speech on this recording is very unclear. I really struggled to make out the words, even after listening to each phrase multiple times.

I understand why we use the definite article for one and possessive adjective for the other buy why are they both singular?

"We listened to the water".

I would have considered that a past imperfect ie, "Nous ecoutions les bruits de l'eau" because you can't listen to water at a specific moment in time - it's a continuous action in the past. "Nous avons ecoute les bruits de l'eau" isn't appropriate. 

We got splashed with water would be passe compose but not a continuous event of listening to the water?

Suggestions please....

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

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 !

Is there a logical explanation for why we don't say "rendre visite aux"? For example, we can say "Je rendre visite à mes parents" but we can't say "Je rends visite aux mes parents"?