French language Q&A Forum

Bonjour,

I'm a bit confused which exactly is the gérondif/participe présent. Is it the entire en+ant verb form or simply the ant verb form--since it can exist without the en preposition [as shown in the video link and the external link].

Merci :)

I didn't do as well as I had hoped yet for every response, I had portions of the phrase correct. I agree with the comments here that when the phrase is incorrect, you shouldn't respond with 'well done.' Also, it appears you are grading on the way you expect the answer to be; however, there are multiple ways to express the phrase and many of my answers were the alternative. Granted, the spelling was wrong and I missed some words but I understood how to express each phrase. I would profit from knowing what I need to work  on vs 'well done.' 

For wild boars, can we use 'le marcassin'?

I thought you were not supposed to use "ne" with Jusqu'à ce que

Please can you explain why 'Rester" is used in this answer to a test question rather than simply using the future of to sit and, secondly why not 'il finisse' after jusqu'à ce que?

(I did post this earlier in the week but have not had a response. many thanks)

I get what this article is saying but I'm still confused of what my book said:

ex:

Vous avez passé la journee a la plage, les garcons?
A la plage? Non! Nous, on a fait du skate avec des copains.

In here, why was 'on' before 'nous'?

Hi,
how do we know when a nationality used in a sentence is an adjective or a noun?
thank you