French language Q&A Forum
Questions answered by our learning community with help from expert French teachers
14,683 questions • 31,832 answers • 966,361 learners
Let me take a look at that...
Questions answered by our learning community with help from expert French teachers
14,683 questions • 31,832 answers • 966,361 learners
The speakers in this dialogue (a tutor and an adult student who already know each other) used the inversion form to pose questions. Wouldn’t we expect them to use the less formal « est-ce que » form in these circumstances?
My question concerns the imparfait conjugation of the verb 'exister' in the sentence:
Aussi, lorsque j'ai appris qu'il existait un musée qui...
I would like to know if conjugating here in the imparfait (existait) does not imply that the museum used to exist, but no longer does. I am inclined to want to conjugate 'exister' in present tense to get around this problem, yet I know its gramatically incorrect to do so. If someone can help, I would greatly appreciate.
Have a good day all :)
Peut-on dire aussi "piste"? Quelle est la différence entre les deux?
If I wanted to say, "I misunderstood," would any one of the following be acceptable?
Je me suis mépris.
J'ai mal compris.
Je me suis trompé.
Why favorite (feminin) and not favori when Mon (masculin) activité est le ski (masculin) de fond ? Have missed something ?
Complète avec pourquoi ou parce que. Puis associe les questions et les réponses.
a ... tu ne manges pas à la cantine?
b nous avons des copains et des copines.
c'est jeudi, on n'a pas cours de français le jeudi!
d est-ce que nous n'avons pas cours de français ?
e est-ce que vous aimez le collège?
... je mange avec mes parents le midi.
I wrote "Oui, on a papoté pendant une heure." instead of "Oui, on a discuté/bavardé pendant une heure." It marked it as incorrect. I think bavardé is closer than discuté for 'chatted', but I feel like 'papoté' suits well for the context. Am I wrong?
why is recevrez, the future tense being asked for? wouldn't ce weekend indicate a "near future action " and so take the present tense?
how can i distinguish which verbs with direct object, which with indirect object? i did a lot of wrong answers because of that.
Find your French level for FREE
And get your personalised Study Plan to improve it
Find your French level