French language Q&A Forum

I understand now that:

In French there is no “like” as in English. Something doesn’t smell like chocolate, it just “smells chocolate”.

So, you would say: Ça sent le chocolat

But how would you say "Who smells chocolate?" 

Qui sent le chocolat ?

Whereas Qu'est-ce qui sent le chocolat is the longer way of saying "What smells like chocolate" 

Is this correct?

Or would you have to say something like: qui peut sentir le chocolat ?

'I share my apartment with five people, including one girl.'

I realise the lesson is about 'dont', but could one use 'compris' or 'y compris' instead of dont? If so, which, and would compris need an e because the girl is feminine?

- questions about unspecific things or a person such as "what/who is it?" : C'est + article/possessive adjectives + noun 

- questions about general things such as "what do you think about / do you like (general stuff)?" : C'est + adjectives

- questions about specific things or a person such as "where is it / how do you like it?" : Il/elle est + adjectives

I did have to look this one up! But for anyone else who was wondering, "sans chocolat" is absolutely correct.  I had thought it would be "sans le chocolat."

In one of the tests I took, I answered this question wrong:"Qu'est-ce que c'est que la Sorbonne?" means__

My answer was "What is it that is the Sorbonne."

Now I know the correct answer is "What is the Sorbonne?"

My question is why the original question should not have been "Qu'est-ce que c'est la Sorbonne?"

What is the need for a second que after c'est?