French language Q&A Forum
Questions answered by our learning community with help from expert French teachers
14,975 questions • 32,485 answers • 1,020,298 learners
Clever stuff happening!
Questions answered by our learning community with help from expert French teachers
14,975 questions • 32,485 answers • 1,020,298 learners
Would there be anything wrong with saying 'Nous n'avons pas du tout été déçus' ?
That would literally translate to “chose a service punctual or regular.” Why isn’t instead “ponctuel et régulier?”
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"?
I was wondering where we are supposed to place these constructions within sentences and clauses. Some translations show after the entire clause or sentence, some show after the verb.
- Nous les avons tous les deux vu(e)s
- Nous les avons vu(e)s tous les deux
- Lui et son frère sont venus tous les deux
A general lesson about saying 'both' to describe people and objects should be made.
'Si vous regardez derrière moi, sur l'ancien mur de la ville..'. Does this mean the 'former' wall or the 'ancient' wall?
The English text said, 'If you look behind me, on the ancient wall of the city'. But when ancien means 'ancient' doesn't it go after the noun?
Sorry to be off-topic but this is bugging me. In this page is written “ Il fait beau expresses that the weather looks nice”. This does not sound right (to an old, lifelong English speaker like me). “ Il fait beau expresses the feeling that the weather looks nice”, or similar, sounds better. I don’t think one can “express that …”, IMHO. (Otherwise, I am enjoying the course :)
What's the difference between attentione, attentif, prudent et soigneu. Always very confusing
The first sentence, "il faut vraiment que l'on discute de ta mère" is the contraction l'on for "le" or "la" ? I still don't get why it is even needed. Would it not work to say, "...qu'on disute de ta mère" which then maps to English as "that we discuss about your mother".
I'm guessing that it's a direct object pronoun, but then why isn't "de ta mére" the object of the sentence?
what are the french 3 componets of the near future
Find your French level for FREE
And get your personalised Study Plan to improve it
Find your French level