French language Q&A Forum

Why is "ne" used in the phrase "avant qu'ils ne partent". Does it really mean "before they didn't leave"?

If I were a woman and also a doctor, what would french people think if I just said I was a mèdecin instead of a mèdecin femme? 

Why is the answer partageait not partageaient if family is singular?

But then again how can repas be shared if family is singular?

I suppose the real question is does it really matter if you get é or è right. Like, does this actually get use correctly or in a way that most french people would even notice. 

Use of "des" in  "Vous êtes les parents heureux" is not understandable, can we use "les" in place of "des"? if not why?

regards,

rahul

I am lucky > j'ai de la chance 

If I want to say like "I have chance" How can I say that?

Why is it 'je regarde le feu d'artifice" (i.e. singular) but, later on in the text, "Nous avons...des feux d'artifice'. "Feux" is the plural form of feu. Is it singular or plural?

So, the lesson is hard, considering the absence of an e at the end it was hard to guess lesson is feminine and there was no lesson for such irregular nouns suggested.

Most of the examples under the top heading (using the imnparfait to express opinions) are not opinions, but descriptions of states of things:  "A king and queen lived," "a girl stood," "the sun shone."  Am I missing something here?