French language Q&A Forum

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At the beginning of broadcasts, I've heard things like, "Bonne journée. Nous sommes le mercredi 24 janvier 2024. Commençons notre programme."

Is the "Nous sommes" used formally, or conversationally as well?" Would a teacher say "Nous sommes..." rather than "C'est..," for example? Or if a friend asked for the date, would it be odd to say, "Nous sommes le 24 janvier?

Complétez avec les  prépositions

1. ………..l’hôpital, il y a un parc.

a. Derrière

b. Au-dessous

c. Sous

2. ……….. la maison, il y a des fenêtres.

a. Sur

b. Dans

c. Au-dessous

3. ………. la table, il y a un dossier rouge.

a. Au-dessus

b. Sur

c. Entre

4. …………… les chaises, il y a une table.

a. Sur

b. Entre

c. Au-dessous

5. Les chaises sont ……………….. le jardin.

a. dans

b. sur

c. sous

In this example, "You are leaving next Tuesday, aren't you", the correct answer used the present tense to indicate immediate future, but next Tuesday is not the immediate future.  What is the cut-off?  A week? A month? It varies?

4À la fin de l'année, on ________Hanoucca. At the end of the year, we celebrate Hanukkah.(HINT: Conjugate "célébrer" (to celebrate) in Le Présent)célèbrecélèbronsLearn and Discuss »

Why not "était" instead of "a été" ? 

Oui, je sais, c’est vraiment bête, why not c'était vraiment bête,

Le pauvre Tom n’arrêtait pas de dire pardon,  Tom was'nt stopping saying pardon,  instead of why not use ? Le pauvre Tom n'a pas arrêté de dire pardon, Tom did stop saying pardon,

Tom did not stop saying pardon, or Tom ne arréterait pas de dire pardon, Tom would not stop saying pardon.

I find these tenses very confusing,

Does French follow the same linking verb + adjective convention as in English? Linking verbs, which include "to feel", link the subject and the predicate so are followed by adjectives, not adverbs. In the kwiz, there was "Je me sens mieux." I feel better. Of course, "feel" can be a transitive verb also as in "feel an object," so a person can feel (it) better, in which case "better" is an adverb.