French language Q&A Forum

I have a question for a team member. The above sentence can translate as 1 One can’t park here (impersonal, general)  2 You can’t park here (also impersonal and general but less formal) or 3 We can’t park here (personal, specific) 

In English, the general sense of the first two is similar but the meaning of the third differs. Is that true in French as well, or are the various senses of "on" closer? Presumably it’s clear from context which one is meant.

What's the origin of se recueillir as a verb for "to meditate"? It seems so different than the verb recueillir meaning "to note" or "to collect". If one wants to say one is practicing meditation should one use se recueillir or méditer ?

In an exercise - Pauline s'habille de plus en plus élégamment.

Why is the 2nd "s" not pronounced as a "z" - given that the word following starts with an é ?

I have been studying the rules and just did a quiz on this.

"qu'on pouvait passer ses vacances ainsi"   Why l'imparfait and not le conditionnel?

Sorry but I don't have accents. Why is it "ressemblent a des ecailles" and not "aux ecailles"?

Hello,

I'm sorry if this has already been spoken about (I have had a look but there is so much on this subject). I was asked the question in the main quiz "________ de tout mon cœur." - Now I thought as it is so deeply expressed and the "note" section in the topic states "NOTE that you can also use the verb adorer to emphasise love of something or someone", I would use "J'adore Sarah". However, I was marked wrong and should have been "J'aime Sarah". So I find the note section misleading. Maybe that should be expressed differently?

Cheers

Martin

Hi I'm Christa. Bonjour, je m'appelle Christa. Is this the right way to say specifically where I live?

Why does "important" and "magnifique" come before the nouns here? -

Usually the adjectives go after the noun.

1. Dominé par une magnifique abbaye construite en l’honneur de Saint-Michel.

2. C’est un important centre religieux.