French language Q&A Forum

Which tense would lendemain be , as it can be used in both  imparfait,future anterieur

When doing the writing tests, I find myself regularly struggling with knowing when to place accents (and regularly second-guessing myself too!).

Are there any rules of thumb to help with this? For example, the 'ô' seems to always appear in words which sound similar in english and one would place an 's': eg hôpital, hôtel, hôte, etc.

I generally have trouble with accented 'e's (ignoring the "obvious" accents, such as when using the passé composé and other conjugation rules) so any advice would be very welcome.

C'est le vin le plus sec que l'on puisse trouver. À quoi se réfère le pronoun l'?

Hello, if "la perruque" is female, why its "noir"  and not "noire"?

The text talks about shopping last weekend, not last week.  Would it not be more precise to translate " last weekend" to "le week-end dernier" ?  Why was this was not permitted ?

where does the 'd' before 'y' come from

She seized his wrist is translated.."Elle lui saisait le poignet."  Why is the "lui" there?

Please provide further explanation about the phrase "Peut-être qu'elle est allée dire bonjour..."  I believe that in English, we would write it, "Perhaps she went to say 'Hello' ..."  Why does French not have quote marks around something that is said?  For example, how would you write the following in French:  The farmer said, "I'm going into town to buy a cat."?