French language Q&A Forum

When does one use the word "menage" to mean "household"? And when is "bizarre" the right word for "weird"

Can we not translate 'palace' by 'palais'?

The question in the quiz read:  Le DJ est insupportable.  Tout le monde ______ pense.  Fill in the blank with y en le, etc.  So the answer is le.  As I understand you use le when it replaces a phrase that starts with que or and infinitive.  Where is the indication that I should use le?  Thanks.

In an A1 focus test  I wrote"ton père est DANS la prison" because a prison is a physical enclosure. It was marked as incorrect. could you please explain why? Thanks.

In the tutorial Sortir can be used in the context of leaving. That is why I gave that option as a possible answer in the tick box. To avoid confusion the sentence in parenthesis should be removed.

Nous sortons juste du métro.We're just coming out of the metro.
(We're just leaving the metro.)

I find the Q&A at the bottom of each lesson almost impossible to follow. 

It's hard to work out who's asking a question, or who's responding. 

Some colour or additional formatting would make this area a lot more useful.

"En effet, ce qui a grandement contribué à la notoriété du lac champenois, c'est le fait que chaque année, en octobre-novembre, les grues cendrées y fassent étape par milliers."

Just a question about the mood here : I would have preferred to see le fait que followed by the indicative here, as it is expressing a certainty, not something uncertain/ a supposition.

Opinions anyone ?

Thanks. Paul.

J'aurai sûrement un quart d'heure de retard

I will probably be fifteen minutes late

Je serai sûrement en retard d'un quart d'heure.

I will probably be fifteen minutes late.

Checking online at Larousse etc., I don't see that "sûrement" means "probably".  "Probably" introduces doubt.  Why not use "surely" or "certainly"? Or for the French, "probablement"?  Which does seem to mean "probably".

I am so confused! Question: _____________le Louvre

I answered : Qu-est ce que c'est le Louvre. Kwiziq says this is partially right. Their answer" Qu-est ce que le Louvre

When I go to "Explain this" my answer seems to be the correct one given the examples they give but they say not. Can anyone explain this?