French language Q&A Forum

Is this an exception case that we omit the "à", do you have other similar example? 

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Is it fine to use these forms to ask "what are you making?" or is there a more appropriate way to ask/better verb to use?

Ok let's clear this up...I am constantly getting the wrong one...what is the rule...please...Javio

"For pronunciation reasons, you will use en with masculine countries starting with a vowel" yet États-Unis is using aux. Is that only because it is plural?

I know this has been asked before, but I'm having trouble determining when to use definite articles when talking about things in general. The two examples in the lesson seem to contradict each other:

Je n'aime ni le fromage ni le lait.

Il ne veut ni vin ni eau.

Why is is "le fromage/le lait" in the first example, and simply "vin/eau" in the second one? According to the English translations for each, both sentences seem to refer to the items in general.

Thanks!

I'm confused when to use penser à and when to use penser de, and why you would say "la fille à laquelle je pense" instead of "la fille dont je pense" 

How do we choose correctly between Être à ou Être de, like in the sentence above?