French language Q&A Forum

Je ne comprends pas le temps que ca lui prend de se preparer ! Is an example given to illustrate when l'indicatif is used and not le subjonctif. That I understand but I find the the sentence interesting and would like to ask :  1. Could  que ca lui  be replaced by qu'elle prend ?  and  2. Could que ca be replaced by celui que ?

Hi

In the this expression: 'mes aisselles, que je trouve bizarrement immenses, émettent une fragrance des plus rances', why is des plus rances expressed as plural.  I would have thought that the object it relates to is 'une fragrance' and not 'mes aisselles'.  I'm guessing that it is plural because it relates to 'mes aisselles', but I would have thought that 'une fragrance' is a closer object.

Thanks

Megan

The order of verbs in the headline, participles in the first line of text, and the subsequent examples are in different orders.  It would be helpful to order each list the same.

Google translates "you are really early" as "tu es vraiment en avance"

But it translates "you are really early today" as "tu es vraiment tôt aujourd'hui"

Thoughts?

When a noun ends in -ou, I've read that it can be followed by both -s and -x, (des bisous, des bijoux) so, how can you know if it should be -s or -x ?

Why is italienne not capitalized in the phrase "de la Renaissance italienne?"  Also, why is the article "le" not used in the first mention "de Florence en Italie", but is used in "ses carnets duvoyage sure l'Italie" ?  Has "medicine" gone out of usage for the designation of medical doctor and has "docteur" supplanted it?  "Docteur" is applicable to non-physicians (e.g., those with PhD's) and is there another designation for them?  Thanks.  

Please tell me the answer

There were several alternate answers to 'I was taking an exam this morning' and they all used the word 'un exam' But in the full text presented at the end, it became 'un examen'. I have noticed this sort of disagreement every once in a while.

Thanks, Jack

PS. The writing exercises are extremely helpful !

Ce livre a été écrit pour les lycéens.   Why is 'écrit' used here?