French language Q&A Forum

  Sarah ne faisait pas confiance à Thomas.

Sarah didn't use to trust Thomas.       In French can you really express the idea of “used to” (do something) just by using the past imperfect tense (as here)? Or does it need “avoir l’habitude de …” ? Is there a difference in meaning in French? Merci

Why is the phrase "notre prof de science nous demandait de préparer ..." in imparfait not passé composé? Since the requests occurred at specific points in time I thought it would be passé composé. Is it because the requests were repeated each year?

I am wondering why it is not "toute" in the second sentence since it would seem to refer to "la rentrée" which is feminine.

qui est pierrot?

Yes Paul. I agree with you. I never learned phrases like that in school. Would they be commonly used ie. Should I try to use them in conversation or would I get funny looks, haha?

In the listening exercise: Choisir ses études (A2), shouldnt the adjective fascinant be feminine  given its referent 'La Psychologie'?

The text in question.

Je vais étudier la Psychologie parce que je trouve ça fascinant.

Please advise. THanks

this dictée made me smile.  It's heartening to know that certain domestic issues are universal! :) 

In one of the tests the answer included « choose one or the other. » We would normally say « Choose one or other (of them). » ‘The one’ or ‘the other’, sounds clunky even if grammatical.  :)

Bonjour,

I was wondering about the sentence , please explain why this would not be ?

merci beaucoup

Martin