French language Q&A Forum

regarding sentir: I have no idea what the difference would be between: "I smell smoke." vs "I smell of smoke" (because I just stoked the wood stove, for example).

I do not understand the last sentence.  Why use the third person singular with "nous"?  Or should this be "on" not "nous"?

As an alternative to "des aiguilles de pin," can one write "d'aiguilles de pins"?  Or is "des aiguilles" appropriate because (as I suppose is the case)
"aiguilles" are considered uncountable here?  And why "de pin" instead of "de pins"?

If des becomes de in front of an adjective that precedes a noun, why is this correct:  je suis jaloux des nouvelles bottes ....? Here des is used preceding the adjective...

Why is "horreur" singular in this instance, when the "films" aspect is plural? 

Does horreur ever need to change? E.g. if it was PL: films d'horreur vs SG: film d'horreur

Why does the adjective in this case come prior to the noun: 

Lisa est une très bonne vendeuse.

But in this case (also describing goodness or quality) it comes after:

Maurice est un professeur excellent.

Does this indicate that the BAGS guideline doesn't apply to the adjective excellent?

Here's a famous mnemonic tip to help you remember adjectives that come before the noun: you can call them the BAGS adjectives, which stand for

Beauty (joli/beau)

Age (vieux/jeune)

Goodness (gentil/méchant).

Hello! I wrote, « Espérons que nous serons mieux….. » which was marked wrong and corrected with « soyons ». I am thinking this is an error? Thanks.

I have just done this quiz. Why would  brown ‘coussins’ be ‘marron’ and ‘bruns’ be marked wrong? 

Je ne comprends pas pourquoi on utilise [Noah] c'est un véritable expert. Pourquoi on n'utilise pas "il" ici?