French language Q&A Forum

Since the active voice was imperfect (Marie caressait son chat), why is not the passive voice also imperfect? I had chosen Son chat était caressé par Marie-

What is the negative of this sentence

Elle a cinq crayons 

When I was young... I use etais but to say he was promoted you don't say il etait promu but il a ete promu and I don't understand why you use this and not the imperfect. Please explain! I can't add accents on this so forgive me they are missing

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

Is there any similarity in use between se rappeler and the English word recall? In other words, is it the case that a sentence in French using 'se rappeler' would be better translated using the word 'recall' than 'remember'?

faire les magasins and faire le shopping are, without further distinction, both correct.