French language Q&A Forum

Can I use l'imparfait instead? : "Je n'aimais pas le goût de la viande"

'ne pas aimer le goût' is a past habit, has no clear begining and end, as well as expressing an opinion. Why can't we use l'imparfait?

pourquoi quand vous dîtes “ J’arrive au “travail” vers neuf heures etc’  travail est masculin quand même nous connaissons la personne est feminine....  Et son amie Annie “travaille” à coté de son bureau ??

Please help me understand when to use just soi vs soi-même.

In the sentence "Tu veux des épinards", Why is it "des épinards"? I understand that des is used to mean some when things are countable. But I don't understand why spinach is considered to be countable, 

"Elles sentent bonnes" is incorrect, why can't you change bon is this setting? Thanks :)

Hey! Why in the examples is it  "j'ai de chance" and not "J'ai de la chance"?

Following on from the answer below; how do you then say "I like THE carrots" (i.e. the carrots I have on my plate right now)?

To say, 'I like carrots', you have to use the definite article,  les and say -

J'aime les carottes 

It sort of indicates in French that you like all the carrots in the world. very strange!

Des is a partitive article meaning 'some' so you might say -

Je voudrais des carottes,  s'il vous plait = I'd like some carrots, please

or 

Donnez-moi des carottes = Give me some carrots

Hi, 

In the example 'appelle-les' the e at the end of appelle is not pronounced.

However, the e is pronounced at the end of  'Regarde-les !' and   'Regarde-la !'

Could you please explain why this is.

Thank you

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