French language Q&A Forum

I knew that in inverted questions you use the subjunctive after verbs like 'Pensez-vous...'  If you start the question however with 'Est-ce que vous pensez...?' does that rule about the subjunctive not apply?  I ask because I had put 'Est-ce que vous pensez que ce soit un problème structurel' and this was marked with a correction to '.......c'est' instead of 'ce soit'

I'm curious about why we say "Je lui parle", but "Je pense à lui.  Can we say, "Je parle à lui" and Je lui pense"? Why does "parler" use an indirect object pronoun and "penser" use a stress pronoun? What is the reasoning behind this? Is it something to do with the meaning of the verbs, or is there no logic to it?

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I still don't understand that when you will  you change the   first é of the verb or the second é becomes è , because when i read your examples i saw: préfère, répèter ,celébrate ,élève,.... Thank you

What pronoun could work for  a mixture of life genders as a collective pronoun :They(John and Mary) are eating.

In English I think I'd be more likely to vocalise 2+2 = 4 as "two plus two is four" than either "equals" or "makes".  Would saying "deux plus deux est quatre" sound odd in French?

What is the difference between j'ai vingt and and je suis grand considering they are both followed by a consonant that is not h