French language Q&A Forum

In the sentence, Moi, je préfère la bière blonde, Julien préfère la bière brune et Max ne boit que de la bière blanche, the speaker and Julien prefer LA bière but Max drinks only DE LA bière.   Why the use of the partitf for Max ?

In an exercise I should fill in the following gap:

Mon fils ________ aller aux toilettes.

I choose "envie d'" but the solution seems to be "a besoin d'". But one example in the lesson about "Avoir envie de = To feel like, want to (Avoir envie de = To feel like, want to (French Expressions with avoir))" is:

So I would like to know, if both are correct. And if not, how do I choose the right one?

Best regards,
Martin

"When I have some money" is translated into "de l'argent". Why is it not "Des argents" or simply "l'argent"?

What word would I use in french to refer to ALL the items on a menu or la carte?

Not categories (like Entrees, Aperitifs, etc.), but the general words

In English, I would say "items" I think, but in French, is 
"éléments" right? 

Just working on something and was curious!

In the last sentence, why does 'de' precede amener?  ie. why not "mon but est amener les gens..."

What a lovely poem! Thanks for making my  French learning experience so fun :)

I was doing an exercise about what in subject, the phrase was: Jacques est descendu du haricot magique". I translated it as "Jack climbed down the magic beanstalk" and the system told me that the correct answer was "Jack got off the magic beanstalk". Why?

Is it not also valid to ask, “Ça te dire…?” In place of “Est-ce que tu veux..?”