French language Q&A Forum

I am a little confused about the use of la journée and le soir in this text. 'During the day' (Pendant la journée) is feminine - I understand this as she is discussing a length of time rather than a specific point in time. I don't understand why 'in the evening' (le soir) is not 'la soirée' - what distinguishes these two statements to make the switch from feminine to masculine? Is it the preceding "during" and "in"?

Thanks in advance! 

I got this wrong on the test, but the lesson doesn’t speak clearly to the answer the test wanted. I’m confused.

Shouldn't this be changed to the below to avoid any confusion?

Avoir [nombre] ans = To have [number] years

I think it would be useful pedagogically to tie faire exprès de to the english express in the sense of express intent

Why is « Quelle une jolie caractère » not alternative please?

From what i gather "Un vieux parchemin" would be correct. Why is "Un extrêmement vieux parchemin" incorrect? Thank you.

Bonjour Madame Cécile !

Apologies for posting another query, but of late, I have been testing on a few grammatical concepts at Kwiziq—

1. Ces fleurs sont jolies mais ______ sont les plus chères. (ce/ celles/celles-là) 

Here, I opted for “ce” because of the expression “ce sont” however “celles-là” is correct. Why, Madame ?

2. Quand elles travaillaient pour IBM, elles (se marier déjà). 

I had conjugated in the “L’Imparfait” as ‘se mariaient déjà’ in the sense of “were married”. 

But, the answer was in Le Plus-que-Parfait. Why has Past perfect been used ?

3. Le bateau est _______ lac. (au milieu du/au bord du) Can’t “au bord de” be used with a lake or is it specifically for “au bord de la mer.”

Merci Madame Cécile ! 

Je vous souhaite une bonne journée!

Looking at this sentence - 'je sais comment pousser les gens à bout' - I am wondering why the word comment is there? I am used to seeing savoir followed directly by the infinitive.