French language Q&A Forum
Questions answered by our learning community with help from expert French teachers
14,980 questions • 32,491 answers • 1,020,838 learners
Let me take a look at that...
Questions answered by our learning community with help from expert French teachers
14,980 questions • 32,491 answers • 1,020,838 learners
I like to try to expand my vocabulary and came across the verb répartir and used it in my translation. AI Overview quotes : répartir implies a more active process of distributing or sharing out, while "diviser" is more about the act of dividing itself. What’s your opinion ? I acknowledge that this is an A2 exercise and perhaps répartir is a little bit highfalutin but is it acceptable ? Also, the hints at A2 are definitely useful.
I translated this as 'Il était incroyable hier' - but it was marked wrong, citing the correct answer as, 'Il a été hier' why? Even when I put it into a translator it says it should be était. What am I missing?
Why was the subjunctive used for « réunisse » in the first part of the sentence but not for « prend » for the second part?
« Mais ce qui me touche le plus est le fait qu'on se réunisse tous en famille et que chaque invité prend le temps de choisir un cadeau. »I struggle with when to use the imparfait. Why in the quizlet question "In 2004 I had money" was the correct answer "j'avais" rather than j'ai eu? It seems like this is a completed action in the past, not on-going? I get so confused...help!
I was wondering why "d’où le fait que" triggers the subjunctive here, when it’s describing an established fact?
The expression "to make new sandals" is "faire de nouvelles sandales"
To say I have new sandals made, the correct answer is "Je me fais faire de nouvelles sandales" but I don't understand why it is a reflexive verb. I would have thought the answer is "Je fais faire de nouvelles sandales"
Si on consulte le site web de l'Académie Française, on voit que aout est aussi correct --> https://www.dictionnaire-academie.fr/article/A9A2062
Hi!
In the notes to this section it says:
Je suis arrivé dix minutes en retard.
But in the video the guy says at 1:06 :
L'avion est arrivé en retard d'une heure.
You even give follow-up examples where the time is at the end of a sentence.
So.....with arriver/venir/commencer/finir (without avec) - it doesn't matter if I put the [time] before or after en retard?
Because if that is the case, then an addition in the "attention section" would be nice:
or
[5 minutes] en retard / [5 minutes] en avance
or
en retard or [5 minutes] en avance / [5 minutes]
Okay, and now I got myself even more confused....😂
Find your French level for FREE
And get your personalised Study Plan to improve it
Find your French level