French language Q&A Forum

I fear I may be forever confused by your explanations of manquer whatever.  I'm in favor of the spaced repetitions method but I think your system puts too much conflicting information in at one time.  I need to let manquer fade from my memory and then try another approach.  Any suggestions?

If I say Je vous deteste tous-I hate all of you. Then,tous is a pronoun but not a complement to the subject. So do you pronounce the S?

What is the difference of  "savoir" and "connaître"? They both mean "to know", right? When should I use which one?

why use "'on a dégusté " when you can use the imperfect or irregular version "on dégustait" without the a? because i find that way more confusing..

I have a question why do we put an arrival before a sport such as je faire du tennis isn’t du means some or off what does mean if we put it before the sport?

I'm fully aware that student counts as an occupation, that the article comes in when there's an adjective, etc. What's confusing me is that is I've encountered people using the article with student (and only with student, no other occupations), with even some statements from native speakers online who say "X est un étudiant" feels more natural to them. I've also seen some other programs teach this as well; I'm well aware this is a different program, and am only stating how muddy waters seem on this! 

Is there a variation or shift occurring in the language (akin to the après que + subj. vs indic.)? Thanks!

Chanson douce = lullaby :-)