French language Q&A Forum

Hi, um does, "il mange de la glace" mean he eats sone ice cream, or he eats ice cream?

Can you explain the difference?  When I looked up branch (of a river), my dictionary gave branchement.  This was not accepted in the context of this story. 

In the introduction to the exercise, the man is called Gabriel.  In the actual text, he is Gilles.

What is the difference between polluer and faire polluer? 

I have not been able to get my arms around when to use "test", "interrogation", "contrôle", or "examen". I gather that "examen" is for a more comprehensive test or a performance assessment, like a driving test, but the usage doesn't seem consistent. Terms like "Examen finale", "quiz pop" & "mi-parcours" are pretty easy to figure out because they're so specific, but the more generic "test" situation is a little unclear. 

Ça m'a rendu fou !

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/

The answer given is "n'y connaît rien."   Seems to me this should be "n'y savait rien."   This refers to knowing how to navigate a lock.   Knowing how is savoir. 

“À la maison blanche” refers to the White House, right ?