French language Q&A Forum

Bonjour à tous,

I am not clear on when one uses payer vs payer pour and I haven't been able to find a good explanation anywhere. Hope you can help.

In sentence i had to take it with me you have used je devais le prendre avec moi but as per lesson we should have used passé composé because the sentence is i had to

question required this answer for i need three eggs, why not j'ai besoin de, please

I do not understand why hope is not expressed in the subjunctive - "J'espère que la circulation ne sera pas trop mauvaise."  What is the difference between "espèrer" et "penser" when using the subjunctive?

By the way, "J'en ai pour cinq minutes maximum" is the type of little idiomatic phrase that I talk about as necessary to really speak French.  It doesn't really translate verbatim, but it's a common phrase you have to understand.  Thanks.

The correct answer is using partitive article. But I wonder why I cannot use definite article here? I regard them as general item, same case in 'J'aime écoute de la musique' = 'J'aime écoute la musique'

I understand that du can be used as some e-g je prende du cafe 

But what about these ones ? 

où se trouve l'office (de la) du tourisme ? Can it be used as of ? 

avez-vous un guide de la ville ?

je viens du super marché

What does du , de and du means here ?