French language Q&A Forum

How does one express "this soup (or whatever) needs pepper! That is to say, this soup must have pepper (in order for it to taste ok)? Is 'il faut' acceptable or is 'avoir besoin de' the way to express?

La soupe, il faut du poivre! 

Your explanation says that where English points are used the French use commas, yet when I put commas in my last test, it was marked wrong. I give up on numbers and want to move on to something else please.

Why is “j’ai toujours eu une passion pour les etoiles” in the passé compose and not in the Imparfait?  Does not “toujours” indicate it is an on-going situation and therefore it would be in the imparfait?  I still have so much trouble with using these tenses correctly.

Thanks.

Hi - there are a few questions regarding de vs du - but none with answers.

I would like to understand - why in this sentence it is du soir and de soir.

Nous profitons ainsi de la douceur du soir.

Hi there,

I was wondering if someone could explain a little more in detail why we use the present tense in the following example:

"Depuis que je suis toute petite, tout ce qui est français me fascine."

I think I kind of get it for the fascination piece, but not the "since I was little".

Thanks!

I don't understand how to use indirect object? 

Pourquoi on dit" il vient à la canne" pas " au canne"?

Pour la question 12, puis-je écrire, 'je lutterais contre le machiavélique Cardinal Richelieu'?

The use of "aussi bien que" puzzles me.  Wouldn't "ainsi que" be the correct usage in this context such as:

L'Angleterre, ainsi que la France, a combattu l'Allemagne en 1914.England, as well as France, fought Germany in 1914. 
In contrast, "aussi bien que", means a comparison of abilities such as:
L'Angleterre a combattu l'Allemagne aussi bien que la France en 1914.England fought Germany as well as (as efficiently as) France in 1914.