French language Q&A Forum

Is there a difference between "second" and "deuxieme"? Is "second tour" (and "deuxieme parti") just a fixed phrase?

Also, how can we tell when the adjective is supposed to go before the noun, e.g., "indiscutable montée" and "nombreuses similitudes"?

Hi, can I use le samedi instead of chaque samedi. I've read that an article is used with days of week when an action is repetitive. 

I won't again write "jeudi suivant" in quiz answers but I hear it a lot when making plans, so I'm putting this here :-)

https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/jour-de-la-semaine-prochain-suivant-qui-vient-de-la-semaine-prochaine-dapr%C3%A8s-en-huit.377114/

Hi, I have heard that the inversion is not used often, and rarely used among young people.  Maybe it is used more often with an older generation? Which of the 3 forms is the most used in everyday conversational French? And my second question is: What is the tone or feeling behind each form? (casual, friendly, condescending, written versus conversation, unnatural, etc).  Thank you in advance for your time and your answer!  :)

"Claire knows the shop closing time" requires "connaitre", but "Claire knows the shop closes at midday" requires "savoir"? Are they not both facts (connaitre)? Or both stating knowledge of a fact (savoir)? What's the difference? Very confusing!

In the lesson below, it is stated that "se coucher" means "to go to bed"

Conjugate reflexive verb se coucher in the present tense in French (Le Présent)

However, when I wrote "puis il se couche" as corresponding sentence for "then he goes to bed" in the last part of the exercise, it was marked as a mistake and the correct one shown as "puis il va se coucher"

Could you please advise which one is correct ? or have I misunderstood something ?