French language Q&A Forum

I'm wondering why mieux is used instead of meilleur when referring to organic ingredients in the statement, "There is nothing better to make the best tarts"?

As per the lesson that's linked on that page, I thought it would fall under "qualifying something as good/better/the best at what it does, i.e. efficient/practical, or good/better/the best in taste (food)".

Is it instead considered to be "making a general statement with être about something or someone being fine/OK/better/the best" ? It would be helpful if the lesson included "Il y a" in addition to être if so.

Thanks in advance for any clarification!

Bonjour!

Can we say: 'Julie est arrive en retard tous les jours'? 

Would it also be correct to say "il vous faut absolument aller..."?

Hi,

In the above examples, the je/tu/il/elle/on conjugations sometimes use plaî--- and sometimes use plai---. Is this an oversight or is it intentional?

Thank you.

What are the ways to UNAMBIGUOUSLY say "It is half past seven PM." ?      why my answer  Il est dix-neuf heures et demie was marked as wrong?

Salut, ca sera utile d'avoir plus de questions dans le mini-test au bout de la page. En ce moment il y en a deux - mais le lecon s'agit? de plusiers facons d'utiliser rappeler. Rappeler - c'est un casse tete. Desolée - pas de clavier francais. 

The lesson to explain when to use le subjontif or l'indicatif doesn't, in plain language explain the trigger to cause one to use either tense. It needs to more deeply describe when and why each tense is chosen. This, of course, is my opinion as a student.

I answered the micro-Kwiz with two ‘en’ + saison answers rather than l’ + saison, but they were marked as ‘nearly’ right rather than correct. Could anyone give me a bit of a further explanation as to why ‘en’ is not entirely correct in the below examples? Every time I think I’ve got my head wrapped around ‘en’, I make a new mistake!

How would you say "In the summer, you go to the beach."? En/l’été, tu vas à la plage 

How would you say "In the winter, you go to the mountains."? En/l’hiver, vous allez à la montagne.

Why does "de la chance" become "de chance" in this affirmative sentence? I saw the lesson note that it becomes "de chance" in negative sentences. Is it because of the way "tellement" modifies it? Thanks in advance for clarification!