French language Q&A Forum

Hello

So on the writing challenge test,( If I could start all over...).  I translated the last sentence "I could even get a dog." using "pouvais" meaning "able to" but the correct translation was using "pourrais" the conditional form. Please clarify!,Thank you, Karen 

...in the following:

“et qui lui ont promis de lui montrer la vie...”

“et qui lui ont promis de lui faire découvrir la vie...”

Is this (a) a mistake, (b) just my ears missing the sound, or (c) a natural French abbreviation (a bit like “tu as” being pronounced as “ta”)?

What is customary for writing out numbers? Is it common to write "6" ans but not 8h30?

Thanks to Maarten and Alan, I had 4 responses all of which were marked as "select this as correct answer". There is ambiguity, and how do I resolve this as a learner. My reference was related to Cliffs Quick Review French 1 (ch3 under Articles). A definitive answer would be great!

I know the masculine form is more dominant than the feminine form. How come the correct answer in this quiz is ‘zombie’ not ‘zombi’?

Rule: words ending in -é are usually masculine (no exceptions mentioned)

Answer: FEMININE!

Given that it is obviously an exception,  why ask it like this? Just discourages students who've gone to the effort of remembering the "rules".

How can one know when to end a male word like pneu the plural of s or x?

I thought I heard on the audio 'On a passé le samedi à nous baigner'. Can you say either se or nous here?