French language Q&A Forum

In the phrase "J'aime beaucoup ce nouveau bijou" why doesn't beaucoup need a "de"? 

What's the difference between 1 & 2 in meaning?

I always have trouble choosing Passé composé or L'imparfait. Could you please enlighten me? 

Can anyone tell me what the difference would be when  using either penser à or songer à ?

Merci

As a Catholic, I was always taught that Jesus died on Friday and rose to heaven on Sunday. I know this is argued in theological circles unendingly, but there were three days between Jesus' death and when eh ascended into heaven, as is part of the liturgy, "on the third day he rose again". I guess this isn't a question, but I was surprised to read in your essay that he died and ascended on Sunday. Is that a French thing?

While attempting a kwiziq test, I came accross this:

Je viens de Hong Kong.

Et

Je viens d'Ottawa.

Why the de with hong kong do not change  to d' ...This seems contrasting to the rule I studied about 'les prepositions de lieux'

Tu as fait un voyage intéressant pendant les vacances d'été. Décris ce voyage en utilisant le passé composé et l'imparfait (dix phrases).

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?

I don’t see any rule offered as to when to use faire de or jouer à. In fact the samples provided include both, “Il fair du tennis” and “Il joue à tennis.” Is there a rule as to when to use one or the other?