French language Q&A Forum

Just when I thought I had all this sorted ! In an English novel about a house in France, there are two old derelict buildings one formerly housed pigs and the other was formerly used for making bread. They nick named the first one la maison de cochons and the other la maison du pain. Why the de / du and not just de for both since they are just names ?

On a language forum a Kwiziq user showed a chart from Kwiziq labelled "Your Progress So Far".  The chart headers are Level, Achievements, Score and Topics Tested.  The chart shows all of the levels (A0, A1, etc) and next to each level has the shield you've achieved, the % score, the number of topics tested (e.g. 13 of 13), and next to that is a "Test Now" button.  

She said she can only see the chart when she goes to Cancel Subscription page.  Surely there is another way to view such a useful chart!  Does anyone know how?

Hi,

I have just relearned about the verbs and also the subject pronouns what should I learn next as a beginner?

Thanks

Nicole

In the A1 writing challenge "Learning the guitar" the question

"because I find that it's a soothing instrument"

suggests the answer

"car je trouve cet instrument apaisant."

which I can see is very elegant but why is my answer incorrect:

"car je la trouve d'être un instrument apaisant"

I can find other examples on the web of similar usage such this:

"...que nous avons trouvé d'être un trait distinctif..."

Parmi les deux professeurs celui-ci est aimable mais, celui-là est stricte.         

Or 

Parmi les deux professeurs celui-ci est aimable mais, celle-là est stricte.

As "stricte" is feminine adjective, should we use celle-là or can we use celui-la also?  Please can anyone clarify my doubt.   Thanks in advance.