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Je rends souvent service à mes amis- what does it mean? Can you explain, please?

Bonjour,

Pouquoi est le dans  S'il vous plaît ? Nous connaissons que c'est pour elle à répond.

Merci

Martin

Is there a logical explanation for why we don't say "rendre visite aux"? For example, we can say "Je rendre visite à mes parents" but we can't say "Je rends visite aux mes parents"?

Under "La Gloire de mon père (1990), the last phrase in the second-to-last sentence of the first paragraph reads "...dans un environnement que le jeune garçon perçoit comme un vrai paradis."  But the Film 3 audio for that phrase says "...dans un environnement que le jeune homme perçoit comme un vrai paradis."

Why "aux côteś de mon époux" instead of "à côté de mon époux" ?

I was doing the exercise (https://french.kwiziq.com/my-languages/french/exercises/judge/1833/14548249?response=4150265&page=7) to answer a question and now have one of my own:

There's the phrase: visiter les ruines du vieux château.

How come the rule that the definite article is omitted if there's an adjective intervening between de and the noun is not applicable here? I would have thought this should be ...de vieux château.

More of a comment than a question, but seeing my A0 through B1 levels decline from 100% to 99% today felt like a punch in the gut.  I normally only have enough time per week to take tests maybe 2-3 days, so it's been a slow and steady climb for me.  I tried to knock 'em out quickly, but of course I made some minor mistakes, and now I'm doing A1 tests instead of the B2 tests I would normally be doing right now.  Rough way to start the week.

Google translates "tu dois du repos" as "you need some rest." But it sounds like Kwiziq only wants us to use devoir before an infinitive. However, the lesson only says "sometimes you can use devoir" without any explanation or examples. Despite the fact that multiple people have been complaining about this for years!

I think also the English translation might be tripping me up in certain instances. Like "you need to take a day off" in English uses the infinitive verb "to take" but in French it's "you need " which is a noun. It would be nice if the lesson explained that. 

I hate having to just memorize the quiz maker's answer without understanding why Kwiziq thinks it's correct.

I keep pressing submit answer when I really mean to press play again so end up submitting no answer but can’t go back to the previous stage or start the exercise again. It would be easier if the play button was at the bottom. I’m using an iPad.

Why the n in n'arrive? Does this not now translate as 'before it happened'?