French language Q&A Forum

Bonjour, I ran into a sentence on a youtube video. "Elle adore travailler avec les enfants et les aide à apprendre de nouvelle chose. My question is why "DE" used with the verb apprendre in this sentence. "Apprendre de" means learn something from someone/something but this definition doesn't correspond the meaning of apprendre in this sentence. What is the function of this "DE" in this sentence.

Merci..   

I’m struggling with the change of tense in same sentence, that is, je mangerai les œufs que ma famille va m’offrir, and then again, je vais avoir du mal …mais je serai bien reposée. Is it because one is certain and there could be doubt about the other? Any help gratefully accepted. Merci

What does the tip mean, "Masculin always wins in french?"  I don't understand this.  Kindly elaborate.  Thanks!

En automne, tous les couleurs me plaisent: le rouge, l'orange, le vert, etc. et j'adore prendre des photos de feuilles multicolorées! Il ne fait pas trop chaud ou trop froid donc nous pouvons avoir de plusieurs choix avec nos vêtements, c'est super! Il y a aussi les boissons chaudes délicieuses. 

Je trouve que les pronoms possessifs sont difficiles pour moi, alors corrigez-moi s'il vous plaît! 

On regardait les lucioles, et soudain elles ont toutes disparu.

Why is it soudain and not soudainement?

Is there a reason why I cannot use “ étonnée “ for surprised? The answer given uses “surprise”. Thanks 

What do the French consider to be a billion? 100,000,000 or 1,000,000,000? 

 I expected the answer to be ...de 1789 au 1799 (having read the lesson notes). 

I don't understand why the answer came back as de...à, it is after all between two dates.

Any thoughts on how to make this clearer to understand?

Is it possible to remove certain lessons from my study plan? I'm not particularly interested in learning the passé simple but I get quizzed on that repeatedly.