French language Q&A Forum

When would you use the "aller faire..." format such as in "Avec mes copines, on va faire du shopping ce weekend", versus just "faire du shopping"?

Why is de soeurs correct instead of des soeurs?

I understand that "raide" is more common but is "lisse" incorrect? In what context would you use "lisse"?

At the lawlessfrench.com website, the webpage "Petit Synonyms" lists many intriguing alternatives to the term "petit". One two-word synonym I ran across & made note of when I saw it at one of the Writing Exercises at Progress with Lawless French, is 'tout petit' for petit.

(first off, the software doesn't allow an accent on the "e" in "apres" on this page... I didn't forget :-)

In doing an exercise, I got a question wrong. I think I got it wrong because I answered "jeudi suivant" instead of "le jeudi suivant" -- but the only correct answer provided was "le jeudi d'apres." However, the lesson seems to say that "le jeudi suivant" would also be correct. Should this also be provided as a possible correct answer, or what am I missing? Thanks!

What are the grammatical terms (names) and usage for DES = DE + LES, on one hand, and DES as a partitif and DES as a normal plural article on the other hand?

The correct answer is given as "dernieres decennies."  I was always taught that when dernieres precedes the noun, it means "final."  Derniere comes after the noun to mean "recent" or "preceding."  

I've been told by a well-trained French teacher to never begin a sentence with "cependant." He said to use "bien que." Has this rule been superseded? 

Thanks!

Kalpana

Regarding the section "Case of 'à la maison' vs. 'chez moi' ": Would it be correct to use "à la maison" to refer to second and third person subjects when returning to their own homes, e.g. "Elle rentre à la maison" for "She is going back home", or "Tu rentres à la maison" for "You are going back home", etc.?

(The example given for "à la maison" used the first person (je) only and the next section describes subjects going to other people's homes, and not their own). 

Merci en avance!