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J'ai beaucoup apprécié ce texte parce que j'ai oublié beaucoup du film. Maintenant, je me souviens du personnage principal, je veux regarder le film à nouveau. Merci beaucoup !

Why isn't it

Aussiot que nous arrivions..

They are reminiscing and describing things so i didn't think passe compose 

Hi there,

can anybody help with why que appears in the following sentence, please? "Tu dormiras dans le meme hotel que la derniere fois".  The translation I have is "will you sleep in the same hotel as last time".  I've not come across que as a translation for 'as' before.

Thanks in advance.

Kieran.  

En avril, ne te découvre pas d'un fil

Til April's dead, don't remove a thread (of your clothing)

Is there a difference in meaning between "il devait faire qqc" and "il aurait dû faire qqc"?  

Hi

I have been taught that à cause de is used negatively. The positive usage is grace à. Whats your opinion?

Again, étonnant is also used negatively or so i have been told. Maybe you wanted use it as such here.

Does soi-mêmes with an 's' also exist? Can you give some examples? How does it differ from soi-même without 's'?

- Dans ce cas, on est soi-même responsable. [one is responsible oneself.]

- Dans ce cas, on est soi-mêmes responsable. [we are ourselves responsible.] Is it correct to write it with an "s" (similar to vous-même(s) or nous-mêmes for plural meanings)?

Is certaines different to many French adjectives in it doesn't go to -nne in the feminine.

I spelt it certainnes

The clues are very confusing. Why write U.S. right away as a clue. I thought that was what the interlocutor actually said. So although I wrote tout de suite initially I corrected it given the clue.

Johnny