French language Q&A Forum

The vernacular usage for "vers" with time appears to drop the determinate.  This doesn't appear to be true for the other usages of "vers".

Could 'allons-y et payer' also be used or is this a set phrase? When else do verbs get stacked like this? 

In this sentence, I cannot hear the "d'œil"

Le vétérinaire a jeté un coup d'œil rapide à sa patte,

I am confused about the differences between que and quoi and why you could not use quoi instead of que in some of these. 

I was intrigued by "dans ces moments-là" which is dropped into the examples without explanation of the choice of preposition. Maybe because it’s a generalisation, which doesn’t reference a particular time? I can’t see that it’s down to the choice of "moment" because you can say "en ce moment".

Hello: I'm wondering why the two phrases "will there be" (popcorn) and "there must be" (mermaids) require avoir rather than être. "Est-ce qu'il y être" doesn't sound right, but I don't why. On the other hand, "il doit être des sirènes" sounds okay. I'd be grateful for an explanation.

Thanks so much!

In “Avec sa nouvelle couche de peinture rouge vif, la petite 2CV paraissait comme neuve”, why is “vif” used instead of “vive” when “peinture” is nf? Thanks, Brian