French language Q&A Forum

Est-ce que "loin" on utilise pour measurer la distance et "long" por la duree?

What is the difference in meaning and usage between these two phrases?

Qu’est-ce que c’est un stylo?

Qu’est-ce que c’est q’un stylo?

Carte is feminine, so why the adjective is not étudiante?

They  seem to be both mean to clean 

Why is "la flatterie nous plâit" correct ..... and not "la flatterie nous à plâit"?

They (LF) show le chocolat plâit à Marie as an example.

I thought adjectives were supposed to agree with nouns, but les yeux is plural yet the correct word for the phrase about Yves having browns eyes was marron, not marrons. Can anyone explain why this is?

 quand il était bébé -why is there no article before baby.?

In the expression above--Elle marche plus lentement que moi--the speaker pronounces the "e"  of "marche," which is to be silent. Can you please explain this?

Hi there,

I'm wondering how "tant mieux" would be used in conversation; that is, what are some common things that people say where the other person would reply using "tant mieux"?

Merci!

Hi - Could someone explain why the phrase 'mais elle a toujours aimé cet instrument' is in the perfect tense and not the imperfect?  Doesn't the sentence imply that her 'liking' the instrument has no definite time frame and there is no indication of when or if she ever stopped 'liking' the accordion?  I also have the same question as Drew and Maren regarding 'mais elle l'a réussi' as an alternative answer to 'mais elle l'a eu'.  Thanks!