French language Q&A Forum

So while you can’t say ‘J’ai des autres chaussures’ , can you say ‘j’ai besoin des autres chaussures?’  More important, how would you say ‘I have some of the other shoes?’ How is that not ‘des autres chaussures’? 

Since both parts of the sentence refer to a feeling/opinion, shouldn't both parts be conjugated using the imperfect past tense?

"Je ne voulais pas choisir pour elle, mais j'ai été soulagé"

Thanks in advance,

John

‘Ce n’est que au petit matin’ : pourquoi pas ‘ce n’était  que au petit matin’?

How does one conjugate a verb when this occurs? Do you conjugate the verb with its form with the subject or of the object?

Ceclie wrote:

La France est dotée d'un territoire aux climats et aux reliefs variés grâce ___ sa production agricole est très diversifiée = France has a territory with varied climates and landscapes thanks to which its agricultural production is very diversified.

The clue was in the hint = 'which' refers to 'le territoire".

Is it possible to use "grâce à quoi" without this clue ? I didn't pay attention to the clue below the sentence and my 1st thought (and the answer as well) was "grâce à quoi". I wonder if it also makes a sense here ?

After trying this exercise several times in the past few weeks, I'm still trying to figure out 

1) why "They stayed there to watch..."  is "Elles sont restées..." instead of "Elles y sont restées.."  Is "there" implied and therefore the "y" is unnecessary?

2) why s'approcher is used in the instance of the people approaching the fence while approcher is used in the horses timid approach. Both connote gradually moving closer, don't they?