French language Q&A Forum

Answer given: I haven’t eaten any meat for ten years. Why wouldn’t the answer simply be “I haven’t eaten meat for ten years”? Thanks in advance for input.

Bonjour. Thanks for your work and learning resources. I have a question.

In the attention note, shouldn't "I left [from] Paris"  be "Je suis parti de paris" without the "e" at the end of "parti" ? 

Selon Lawless French dans le petit quiz C-1 que je prends en ce moment, pour « By the time you were ready, the bus had left, » c’est correct dire, « Le temps que tu sois prête, le bus était déjà parti, » mais à mon avis ça devrait être plutôt, « Le temps que tu aies étée prête, le bus était déjà parti.» 

How do we know which form of adverb has to be used...the one ending in '...ment' or the regular form?

- Marie chante le plus fortement.   V/S   Marie chante le plus fort.

- Jeanne parle le plus doucement.   VS Jeanne parle le plus doux.

- Il conduit le plus lentement.  V/S  Il conduit le plus lent.   

How do we know which form of adverb to use in such situations?

Could you use "je suis pressé(e) de..." for "I can't wait to...". i.e. Je suis pressé(e) de découvrir le manoir hanté...

I thought I had seen that construction suggested as a possibility somewhere in the past, but I'm never quite sure if it rings correctly to a native speaker, or if that sounds more like "I'm in a hurry to..." (i.e. more stressed than excited).

Thanks!

Hi can you please explain the usage difference between the two? A challenge in sports vs intellectual. Someone likes a challenge …. To challenger yourself not necessarily physically. Are these verbs interchangeable as synonyms? Is one more common than the other? 

In “en espérant que je ne me rende pas compte de son absence.”

We have “rendre” in the subjunctive as “rende”. This has been triggered by “espérer que”. But I thought that an affirmative use of “espérer que” would use the Indicative as opposed to the Subjunctive. I don’t know what additional implication the use of the gerund has though…

https://www.lawlessfrench.com/subjunctivisor/esperer/

Is there a rule about using hyphens with 'et un' when added to thirty, etc.?

Hi,

I think this lesson needs to be updated.

Because I learned in another lesson that: (Venir de/d'/du/des = To come/be from with countries/states/regions and continents (French Prepositions)):

De + feminine countries/states/regions

Du + masculine countries/states/regions

In this lesson, you only mention "de," which confuses me a lot at first to see all the examples are used with only "de". I had to cross-check between two lessons to see if I was understanding correctly.

If I'm wrong, please pardon me.

Have a nice day.