French language Q&A Forum

Hello - I am confused about the construction with etre and en retard. Are both the constructions below correct? From my understanding of the video and Chris' reply to another question, only the 2nd one is correct. However, the first is used throughout the lesson.

2. Je suis arrivé en retard de dix minutes. [construction in video]

Is this expression referring to the internet in this context?

Could someone please help give me an example in negative form? I would like to understand if the du has to change to de.

Ex Paul will never hurt me (both physically and emotionally)? 

nous allons tous fêter ça 

Can someone please explain why the correct answer is:

"Alain s'attendait à ce que cette situation se résolve d'elle-même."

I don't see any sense of "dread" in the reading of this sentence.  

In 1990 L'Académie française produced a document changing the spelling of certain verbs, and I quote:

5. Verbes en -eler et -eter L’emploi du e accent grave pour noter le son « e ouvert » dans les verbes en -eler et en -eter est étendu à tous les verbes de ce type. On conjugue donc, sur le modèle de peler et d’acheter : elle ruissèle, elle ruissèlera, j’époussète, j’étiquète, il époussètera, il étiquètera. On ne fait exception que pour appeler (et rappeler) et jeter (et les verbes de sa famille), dont les formes sont les mieux stabilisées dans l’usage.

Should this be reflected on this site?

The third to last sentence reads: "Tu nous a bien eus !"  Without the object or adverb, I think it would read, "Tu as eu."  So why "a" instead of "as" ?

Could you please explain the reason for the inversion of the negative "ne...rien" in this sentence?  Thank you.

Why isn't it "qu'est-ce qui sent comme le chocolat" if the answer is "what smells like chocolate"?  It looks like "what does chocolate smell like."