French language Q&A Forum

The lesson said that y replaces [à+ thing], and that an indirect pronoun replaces  [à + person]. 

The question was "Il pense à sa famille. Elle....pense aussi."  'Famille' is people, so why is the answer given as 'y' and not 'leur'?

Hi. My test offered no clue that the test-sentence was being used in a literary or other written context. I could have been saying to a friend that…. yesterday ‘I lost my balance’ and fell down….. As opposed to ‘I lost my balance’ (my equilibrium), which has a figurative meaning, and therefore could well be used in that literary sense. If a verb is being used figuratively and not literally, is it always in the historic past,?? What is the difference between ‘J’ai perdu mon cle hier’ and ‘Je perdis mon equilibre’… etc Thanks, Kathy

Is there a lesson or could you please explain the difference between enfin, à la fin, au final, finalement, etc? Thanks.

"beaucoup des chocolatiers" is listed as the correct translation. I thought that if something followed a quantity it became "de". Thanks for clarifying this for me

If s'inscrire (to register oneself)  uses être as it's a reflexive verb, then why do we say "Le mois dernier, nous avons inscrit Thomas au judo" and not "Le mois dernier, nous sommes inscrits Thomas au judo" ?

Why is it essaye de when all the other verbs aren't followed by de? Also, why not essaie?

I learned that "ma" changes to "mon" if the female noun starts with a vowel, for pronunciation.

But does this "mon" changes back to "ma" if there ist another adjective in between?

(maybe not very relevant to this topic, but by seeing the examples, it reminds me of this) 

How can I re-take the placement test? My computer glitched the first time, & I submitted the test by accident, so I am actually at a much higher level than what they are suggesting. Help!

Bonjour. Merci pour cette histoire incroyable!

J'ai une question sur l'histoire. Quel âge a le garçon? Est-il vraiment jeune?