French language Q&A Forum

Thank you, Cécile. I must have overlooked that in the alternative possibilities! Évidemment is one of my favorite words! Not sure why!

Regards,

Cornelia

Consider...

1. "Paul should have left earlier."

As I understand it, both these sentences would be translated as "Paul aurait dû partir plus tôt", even though, in English, there is a difference in meaning. Is there a better way to translate #2 to convey the meaning that Paul was compelled to leave?

How come there's no "la" in front of Guadeloupe?

There's even a suggested lesson for this translation exercise that says that country names are preceded by the definite article? Using le, la, l', les with continents, countries & regions names (definite articles)%252Fsearch%253Fs%253Darticle%252Bcountry

The speaker sounds like he is pronouncing the 't' in 'ecart', which should be silent. It almost sounds as if he is saying: "Ils ont cinq ans d'equatre".

When I listened to the word "ecart" in the Collins online dictionary it had the correct pronunciation with the 't' being silent.

Otherwise, I enjoyed this exercise and learned a new word: "ecart".  And, now, I don't think I will easily forget it either!

After eighteen months of study I still can't really understand this. 'Les Français mangeaient les escargots' seems to be ok as an alternative to 'des escargots'. But 'Tout ce qui ressemble à la viande rouge' as an alternative to 'de la viande rouge' is not. To me it's the same kind of statement; and to have to say 'ressemble à de la viande rouge' sounds like 'resembles some red meat'...

Why is the question "Tu as froid?" instead of As-tu froid?"? Are both correct or is it convention?

Why was my answer marked wrong because I used tu instead of vous when there was no indicator either way.

Wouldn’t either  choice be correct in a quiz?

I realize that in speech there is always a reason for choosing tu versus vous.

Thank you