French language Q&A Forum

Hi.  The lesson is correct but fails to really make the point that the construct "manque à" should not be used with indirect objects.  There are numerous online aides that will accept (or even suggest) "manque à lui", so trying to get clarity by searching the web does not help (in fact it hurts).  Please make the lesson clearer by including a negative example, such as "Note that ... manque à lui ... is not correct usage.  Indirect objects come before the verb.  Nouns may come after the verb using the construct "manque à".  I had to work way too hard to finally understand the rules.  The lesson is correct but does not explicitly exclude using the indirect object after the verb.

I am looking at the sentence 'Daffy et moi ne pouvons plus nous battre en paix sans être interrompu par mon humain' and wondering why 'interrompu' does not agree with 'Daffy et moi'...

This may have been touched on already: 

Je ne comprends pas le temps que ça lui prend de se préparer !

…is cited as an example of when it’s not appropriate to use the subjunctive.. Fair enough, but why is it also included amongst those examples that do use the subjunctive? Is that an error or am I missing something?

to me it sounds like 

La planète mérite bien cet effort 

Je ne comprends pas deux choses - 1)une bonne grippe carabinée  2) une fièvre de cheval par-dessus le marché. Vous me les expliqueriez? J'aime beaucoup toutes les dictées, surtout celles où je peux trouver des expressions ou du vocabulaire utiles.   Merci beaucoup.

i cannot identify words which as masculine or feminine??

please help me!

Now that is bizarre!

assister + à = to attend

Merci d'avoir écrit cette histoire palpitant! Plus, svp!!