French language Q&A Forum

Merci !

Racontez-nous l'histoire du scooter !

Paul.

Is "tiens" an intensifier here? As (in English - "I'll say" or "I'll tell you what" or "bloody hell" etc etc :)

If one noun is masculine and one is feminine how do we make the agreement in gender and number?

With the first noun only or each term separately ("l'un est beau, l'autre este belle" ) ?

The correct answer should "I am happy, and they are, too." The first missing common is tolerable but not the second. Small beer perhaps, but still....................

This is my first time making a comment! I read the text as an Aussie at the beach and used experience to gain understanding e.g. Serviette = a beach towel, glacière = cool box (dictionary meaning) but more likely to be understood as an Esky for me and rayures= stripes. 

- Je n'ai jamais eu un bon sens de l'orientation. 

why not just

Je n'ai jamais eu un bon sens d'orientation

I thought that "Y" cannot be used with regard to people. But  have just been given a correct answer as Il pense à sa famille. Elle y pense aussi. Is family not a unit of people?

Rex reminds Anna of her dog & Rex reminds Anna of his dog

Both appear to translate as Rex rappelle son chien à Anna

What is the best way to avoid this ambiguity?

I notice that 'nul'  is used in the response for 'useless' in the passages yet 'inutile' is accepted as the preferred translation in the explanatory paragraph at the end. Why is this so?