French language Q&A Forum

Why is 'laissés' agreeing in number here? It's avoir and there are no preceding pronouns?

I translated "famous sculpteur" as "sculpteur connu" but all the suggested answers used "célèbre" instead. Is there a difference? I thought they meant the same thing.

Also, my dictionary translates "versatility" as "polyvalence" in French, and it says that "versatilité" in French actually means fickleness/changeability. Just wanted to clarify.

Je pense que le mot critrouille est "pumpkin" en francais. je n'ai entendu pas de potirons?   

Instead of 

mon reste de ragoût 

Could you say 

Il reste de mon ragoût. ?

Your quizzes include so many questions using the passive voice.  It is not something I recall hearing or reading much.  In fact, I think it best to avoid in both English and French.  Wonder why the emphasis on this. 

The lesson on professions and pronouns says that when an adjective is used a pronoun is needed.

So would :  "Catherine, une ancienne prof de philo"

be acceptable

For des bruits "rigolos," can I use "drôles?"

Sharing an observation (from KiwizIQ quiz answer): ‘faire du hockey’, not ‘faire de l’hockey’ so an exception to the silent ‘h’ rule.  I accept it (it sounds better; perhaps ‘hockey’ being a foreign word is relevant?).

Please provide further explanation about the phrase "Peut-être qu'elle est allée dire bonjour..."  I believe that in English, we would write it, "Perhaps she went to say 'Hello' ..."  Why does French not have quote marks around something that is said?  For example, how would you write the following in French:  The farmer said, "I'm going into town to buy a cat."?

Hello, I'm aware of the rules for this case, but the translation was what stopped me from writing this. "Devrais" generally means "should", but that translation doesn't work here. Would this be an exception, then? Thank you.