French language Q&A Forum

Could someone explain the rule for describing who someone is; i.e. why does 'she is my wife' translate as c'est ma femme? - "it is my wife'!

Thanks.

Oh la, la!  1 200 variétés! Quel préférer-toi?

I don't hear any liason.  Is it optional ?

Isn´t Réveillon for New Year's Eve? Shouldn't it be Nöel?

I used

1) 'récompensant' for 'gratifiant'

Also

2)'ausculter' for 'diagonistique'

3)pour sept ans instead of 'pendant sept ans'

Please let me know if its right

Merci

P.J 

is diagnostiquer an er verb?

I am wondering why in some cases the futur proche (“Je vais …”) is not listed as a possibility. 

Can you tell me how to decide between usage of 'de' and 'des'

for example

regarder des vidéos de chatons et de bébés

j'ai écrit

vidéos des chatons et des bébés!

2)Also how to say

(Its quite congfusing)

Is it

 C'est déroutant!

Ca me confond un peu!

Merci beaucoup

Why is the correct answer ‘preservation’ not ‘conservation ‘?

1.       Ses déclarations étranges auront déconcerté le public.

how to write this in passive form?

Is there any difference between "il a fait exprès de casser ma poupée" and "il a cassé ma poupée exprès"?

I've only ever encountered the latter before, and it seems more straightforward to not have the extra verb floating around, but perhaps there's a subtle difference that I'm missing?