French language Q&A Forum

What do the preposition à and de Mean Un the Following sentences ?

Je parle à mon copain

Parfois, je prends la voiture juste pour me promener dans la campagne. 

Would there be anything wrong with saying 'Nous n'avons pas du tout été déçus' ?

L'infinitif du verbe 'est' c'est......?

why can't I say c'etais la coup de foudre instead of c'a ete?

Can you say

Ma soeur a un bebe neuf

meaning a brand new baby?

What preposition should we use for:

1) city

2)country

If there are any exception pls mention them.

What would the difference in meaning be if you just said 'Avant d'avoir leurs nouvelles'?

I've noticed a few examples of this in previous reading exercises where the present tense is used to describe the past. Ex "En France c'est Napoléon..." rather than, "En France, c'etait Napoléon...", even in the translation when you click on it translates that phrase in the present as 'In France it was Napoleon'. I can see that the following phrase uses the passé composé so I'm just not quite clear why those two phrases don't have to agree in their tenses? 

Thanks :)