French language Q&A Forum

I'm wondering why there is no article before "étoiles" in the phrase "à étoiles multicolores". I was thinking it would be "aux étoiles multicolores".

This is the first lesson I can't work out the difference between the two structures something + "plaît à..." versus the reflexive something + "me plaisent."

Both descriptions say they are to like something, I can't work out when to use which structure.  I've re-read the lesson about 3 times, so I'm looking for additional clarification..

In the quiz above, there was a question about the sentence:

Après manger, les filles feront leurs devoirs

I was slightly confused as I would have written this sentences as "apres avoir mange" (with appropriate accents) at the beginning and not apres manger. In this lesson it seems to imply that to write apres+infinitive is wrong: Après avoir fait = After doing in French (auxiliary avoir)

I think I may be missing something and would appreciate some help. Is manger being used as a noun here maybe?

Shouldn't it be 'je suis allée' as the person speaking is female? 

For: The girls have just left  can I use Les fils viennent de partir AND Les fils viennent de partir.