French language Q&A Forum

Well i bounced the question of prof / professeur off my neighbour's kids who are at secondary / high school, and to a person they replied prof or professeur. They regard "instituteur / institutrice" as a primary school teacher, and " l'enseignant(e)" as a general word for those in the teaching profession, although if it's at university level "professeur" is the norm. They should know and i'm not going to argue with them. And anyway, the prompts were clear and specific just as Cécile said so i can't see what the issue is ??

What time does apres-midi change to soir?  When I was in West Africa and Haiti it was anytime after 12 noon, but I got those answers wrong.  I did not see a definition in the lesson.  Thanks :)

Question 11:

The best answer is:

and il faisait le clown

(et is crossed out and substituted with and)

I am unclear on the meaning of two phrases within this test (Google translate didn't help too much)

1. un coup de soleil carabiné

2. sache que j'en bave vraiment

Could someone explain the meaning of these? Thanks

If "prendre" means "to take", could I also use this in a sentence to signify that someone is "stealing" or even physically grabbing something?

As voir is not a preposition, why is être used?  Is is because the verb is intransitive in this case? So, its better to not only look for prepositions following the verb,  but how it  is used? This is my logic, and is it acceptable?

Why is 'Anna' immediately followed by 'elle' ?

How do I distinguish between "l'a défini" and "la définit" from speech? Are there any clues to point at the tense used?

The last sentence is given as "Comme ca", but "Comme" doesn't come through in the recording. I played it a few times, including after knowing the answer, and it was cut off.