French language Q&A Forum

Why is it "que *de* boire"?

We just say Hawaï and not le Hawaï even though it's a state/region and not a city?

Doe the "de" relate to the verb promettre or to payer?

I spelled out fatigue without an accent and it was marked wrong.  How do you do that?

All the examples are with the verb ETRE.(TO BE). Is it correct to assume that this construct can work for ALL(??) 'copular' type verbs. I can't see it working with non 'copular type' verbs.

1)He looks great..and she does too == il a l'air bien et elle l'a l'air  aussi(not sure of this one)

2)The roses smell pleasant and the carnations smell pleasant too== les roses sentent agréables et les oeilets le sentent aussi(smells ok to me).

etc etc!!

3)what about a sentence like "she became angry then they became angry too== elle s'est mis en colere  ensuite ils le se sont mis (??)

Just asking 'for a friend' could you add a note in the lesson that the direct object pronoun occupies its usual place before the verb ...although it is acting like an adjective,

What is the meaning and use of 'que'?

Hi just for further clarification, is it when the 'people' are anonymous and a group e.g les peuples, les gens, les acteurs etc etc can you use'en' to address them? And is it then only when people are named like Marie, ma mère etc etc that you have to use de + stress pronouns?

I continue to get this wrong so I know I must be missing a basic rule:

The sentences :

-Quant aux poses de yoga, leurs innombrables avantages……..

-Finalement, n’oublions pas le côté méditatif du yoga

Why de yoga in the first but du yoga in the second?