French language Q&A Forum
Questions answered by our learning community with help from expert French teachers
14,717 questions • 31,890 answers • 971,889 learners
I'll be right with you...
Questions answered by our learning community with help from expert French teachers
14,717 questions • 31,890 answers • 971,889 learners
"complimentaient" - I would have thought that "compliment..." would agree with "sa peau", singular, and not "des lèvres" and "de magnifiques cheveux", plural. Is it because "complimentaient" is in a que clause with lèvres and cheveux?
In this sentence "s'adressa à elle d'une voix languide" can it please be explained why the "De" in "D'une" is present?
And what is the difference between "Du moins" and "Au moins" ?
And in this sentence - "J'ai bien peur de ne pas pouvoir m'expliquer" why is "bien" necessary/needed?
Thank you!
Why: "afin de pouvoir les utiliser comme un engrais naturel"
when, "afin l'utiliser comme un engrais naturel"
would seem to be a more elegant answer, and be a more literal translation? Adding pouvoir seems to complicate the issue.
Can I refer this way only to Anna (respectfully) or the sentence definitely refers to multiple female persons?
I’ve always thought that in a negation the preposition ‘de’ is used, so in « I don’t waste water » I wrote « je ne gaspille pas d’eau » but this was corrected to « je ne gaspille pas l’eau ». My thought pattern was supported in « when I can’t cycle » - « quand je ne peux pas faire de vélo » (given that : to cycle = faire du vélo). Can this be explained ?
Bonjour - Can someone explain the grammaire for "je vois l'architecte arriver"? Why is "arriver" an infinitive? Merci!
Loved this set of weekend workouts!
1. Is there any significant difference between using emmenager & demenager? In my classes, we've usually used demenager for "moving"
2. Why is it 'quelques annees' instead of 'quelques ans'? at Il y a + [durée] = [duration] + ago (French Expressions of Time) , the example is given as Il est venu à Londres il y a cinq ans
If "brun" is for fur, skin, and hair, why are the dogs and the mouse "marron"?
In the examples, to know a recipe uses connaître. When used in the quiz for pumpkin pie recipe, connaître is wrong and saviour given as correction. Please elucidate.
Why is it not 'qui ne la mangeraient pas'...?
Find your French level for FREE
And get your personalised Study Plan to improve it
Find your French level