French language Q&A Forum

Is it possible to say ' bien au-delà d'un cadeau quelconque '?

If the adjective appears before the noun then its a subjective description and after is the objective description. To me, my own house sounds like an objective description and a clean house a subjective description. So can we say this is an exception?

Hi, what triggers the use of the subjunctive “corresponde” in “Avant ce jour béni où tu es entrée dans ma vie, je n'avais jamais imaginé rencontrer quelqu'un qui me corresponde autant que tu me corresponds.”?

j'adore la série Lupin et l'acteur Omar Sy.  vous avez raison, il possède un charme hors du commun.  je l'ai vu pour la première fois dans le film "Les Intouchables".   Maintenant, je vais devoir le chercher sur YouTube pour regarder les sketchs!  :) 

Hi,I'm doing B1 French and I generally understand the use of the subjunctive but got tripped up recently. The first example was " we want someone to guide us".  ..."on veut que quelqu'un nous guide'

Am I right on thinking the subjunctive is guid+e relating to "on" which is 3rd person singular and therefore guide+e. Of course the " on veut que" demands the subjunctive.

In the second example " He wants that we guide him," ( Il veut que nous le guidions), the Subjunctive ending is guid+ions  relating to "nous" which is 1st person plural therefore ends in "ions".

What adds to the confusion is that "on veut" is conjugated like "Il or "elle" but in informal use " on" can mean " we" which is "nous" in French.  I hope I have explained everything well ( and as an aside j'éspere is not a Subjunctive trigger in the affirmative but is in the negative) so you may see why it's so difficult sometimes. Any comments gratefully received.

Are both of them correct and both can be used equally?

- Je me suis arrêtée d’aller à la salle de sport.

- J'ai arrêté d'aller à la salle de sport.

[I stopped going to the gym.]