French language Q&A Forum

 Je m'appelle nadini et je viens de colombo en la Srilankais

I'm not clear on the rule for verb conjugation when the subject has a name e.g., James, and then what when 2 named subjects - James and Martha (mixed gender) are doing the same thing, does that differ in terms of conjugation rules? and then what about plural same gender or mixed group?

I had this same question, as I forgot the above lesson, so I thought I should respond as it would save others time. The question related to: 'si je POUVAIS, j'aurais été astronaute.'

Why soit d’argent soit un cadeau?  Why not soit de l’argent or soit d’un cadeau?

Would be be incorrect to say " j’ai (tu,il,elle,etc) une fièvre " ? As in English "I have a fever" as Cécile notes “j’ai une bronchite" or is it alway "j’ai de la… (I have fever)" 

I read somewhere else that you always put the most important first, ie the thing or person that is missed, ie Jean manque à ma sœur ; my sister misses Jean , Jean lui manque ; she misses Jean. Is that a guide worth following?

It's a small point, but do French people write Ier with a capital I or 1er with a 1 ? Or either ?

In the Fall/Automne quiz I put marron for chestnut but was marked wrong. Why?

Why is Francaise docteur  capitalized, but astronome francaise is not?

Bonjour,

Why is 'marron' (as opposed to 'châtaigne') unacceptable as a translation for 'chestnut'?