French language Q&A Forum

BonSour pourfois. i want to suggest that you can give relevant questions like TEF exam as i am preparing for the same.  So i want to check my listening skills in french. but i dont see any relevant questions to ma routine but the questions are related to the subject but not exactly to the recording.  can you please check and let me know. 

Il signifie: faire des erreurs.

Example:je décide de pratiquer in English I decide to practice and I try to attend in French j’essaye d’assister. Why to remplace by ‘de’ ????

This is a question of the usage of French definite article “le”. I have encountered following two French sentences:

(1)  Il faut que vous puissiez parler français avant d’aller en France.

(2)  Pour apprandre le français, il faut que vous regardiez des films français.

As can be seen from these two sentences, you can notice that the phrase “ …parler français…”in the sentence (1) appears without the French definite article of “le”, but that the phrase “…apprandre le français…” in the sentence (2) appears with the French definite article of “le”.

Why doesn’t the definite article of “le” need in the sentence (1)?  And why does the definite article of “le” need in the sentence (2)?

- We must be able to circulate normally

Should this not be: move around/ travel?

This seems to be a repeated question which I have yet to find a clear answer to.  Jaques est descendu du haricot magique is translated as Jaques got off the magic bean and not came down the magic bean.  However, looking at my bilingual dictionary (Le Grand Robert Collins), under the entry for descendre as an intransitive verb is included "descendre de l'échelle" translated as "to come down the ladder".   This seems to be contradicting the information given here and I would be grateful for further comment

At the end of the conversation the Aunt says the mirrors are too cute.   Then she says "I'll take them."   How many does she want to buy for her niece??  I would have expected her to say "I'll take one"  Or does "Je les prends !" not mean I'll take them.  I'm confused.

What is wrong with merci pour votre attention meaning thanks for listening? I thought this was widely used. Thanks. 

In the C1 writing challenge 'A bad matchmaker":
The answer to the question "who felt ready to date again" is:

"qui se sentait de nouveau prêt à rencontrer des gens"

but:

1. Why is "dater" not accepted for "to date" instead of only several variations on renconter or sortir? (Especially since dating implies more than just meeting.) Is it perhaps more a Quebecois thing than a French thjing?

2. Why is "encore" not accepted for "again" instead of only "de/à nouveau"