French language Q&A Forum

The rules you give are quite useful. Thank you.

One thing that I would add is that I can remember easier if I think in terms of who is actually entering. If the Subject is entering, then we use être, but if the "entering" is being done by someone/something other than the Subject, then we use avoir.

Mes filles sont entrées en CP cette année. -> Mes filles

Nous avons entré les informations dans le programme. -> les informations

This works in other cases where we need to decide between avoir and être.  (or where the sentence seems to indicate that the action is not done by the sentence subject)

I’m sure the speed was intentional, but it was a difficult listen! I still can’t catch the de in "prendre de tes nouvelles" (tho knew it ought to be there) nor the dès in the last sentence.

Therefore, you could never say pour faire ça for something that has been done, the way you say for doing that in English! 

I think I finally understand this explanation. Here you mean that we should instead use the Infinitif passé: "pour avoir fait ça"?

If this is the case, then the first statement needs rephrasing because it does not imply the second. Maybe you mean that the Infinitif cannot be used to express past actions.

I'm a bit confused by the meaning of this sentence (the temporality). If it refers to a one time thing (not a habit) then is it referring to future actions ? i.e. is it an equivalent of "I will make the bed once you have gotten up ?"  Or does it mean that I am right now doing the bed but I have started some time in the past after you have already gotten out of bed ?

For the phrase "undeniable advantages" I used the adjective "incontestables" and this was marked wrong.  Could I not use this word, in this context?  Thank you.

What is the real difference between "de plus" and "en plus"?  In this writing exercise, the English word "plus" is translated as "en plus,"  "in addition" is translated as "de plus," and "besides" is also "de plus."

Like some others I find this lesson confusing in parts, mainly because in English neither ‘waiting for’ nor ‘expecting’ have intrinsically positive or negative connotations; they’re neutral (IMHO after speaking English for 70 years). So if some uses of attendre do have emotional connotations that needs spelling out. But not if it is ‘usually (but not always)’ positive or negative, that doesn’t help. Surely the context will tell us what the emotional content is, if any? Merci