French language Q&A Forum

I don’t understand why you say ” Mais je n’avais pas LE choix”, but (I google translated this, as I first thought you were wrong here) "Je n’avais pas DE choix" 

Please explain as I’m learning on my own and have no teacher to ask. I don’t even get where to look in the grammar for this. 

If a tangerine is "une mandarine" in French, as per this lesson, what is a mandarin in French? Is it "une tangerine"?  (which would be quite confusing to English speakers)

Please help for the following : 

What are the differences between these two sentences

1) Il habite à dix minutes de Marseille. 

2) Il habite à 10 min de Marseille. 

My answer was the number one, but the Kwiziq marked it wrong. 

Thank you!

Why does visite sometimes have an acute accent on the end, other times it doesn't? 

Just a quick question. Is qu’est-ce que + noun always more formal? I found it a bit confusing that 

a. the last two examples of it in Section 3 have no further mention of register and 

b. in Sections 1 and 3 the examples go from less to more elegant, whereas in 2 it’s the other way round.

Do realise this is an A0 lesson, but the concepts behind it are quite challenging.

Pourqoi disons-nous "un étrange personnage", quand "une personne étrange" sonne plus français ?

Hello,

I had a question on this translation: I don't remember this film. 

Why does it translate to: Je ne me souviens pas de ce film. I don't understand the placement of the 'de'?

Thank you!

Why is "il est vert" unacceptable for a translation of "It is green."?

My question relates to "Kwiz functionality", rather than anything in this lesson. I could ask the same question in any other Lesson.

I prefer the 2-question Kwizzes to the 10-question Kwizzes.

If I try to repeat the same quiz, I get the message: "This lesson is already in your notebook. Go to your notebook now to kwiz this topic as many times as you like." 

That's fair enough.

I do:

 - Go to Notebook
 - Open this same lesson.
 - (The URL is obviously different, but text is the same). 
 - Scroll down to the 2-question Kwiz
 - I see the same negative message. 

So, how do I "...kwiz this topic as many times as you like." ?

Thanks.