French language Q&A Forum

Hi,

How often can I take the quiz of the topics in my notebook and how long do I have to wait after first attempt to do it again please? thank you.

We are told "penser" takes the indicative for positive and takes the subjunctive for the negative.  Why use the subjunctive, "aient", for "pensez vous que ces legendes aient"  Why not "ont"?

Retrouvons cette échope ! -> échoppe

The English sentence for this sentence starts : "The next step is to fill in your calendar". The "in" implies writing and isn’t needed: you fill in a form or blank spaces on a wall calendar, but if adding things to an Advent calendar, you just fill it or fill it up. Apologies for nitpicking!

I'homme qui vient est professeur (mon/ma/mes)

Je suis un peu perdu. Pourquoi la texte utilise 'souhaitez' et pas 'souhaiteriez'? J'ai vu que cette texte traduire comme 'What time would you like this call?' 

Hello, i am struggling to understand this construction: ces drôles de choses; ces drôles d'objets. Can anyone help with the grammar reasoning behind it or the link to a lesson on this?

Merci.

I was interested by the "lesquels" in the middle of this sentence: is it a fancier way of emphasising the critics, rather than using "qui tendent" ?

This is doing my head in... My grammar exercise book has:

1. Nous devons fermer tous les volets. -> Nous devons tous les fermer.

2. Elle va faire toutes ses courses au supermarché. -> Elle va toutes les faire.

BUT

3. Nous souhaitons recevoir tous nos amis pour notre anniversaire de mariage. -> Nous souhaitons les recevoir tous.

My textbook gives no explanation as to why tous/toutes comes before the object pronoun in 1,2 but after the infinitive in 3.

Which spelling is correct "fraiches" or "fraîches"?  Treatment in the exercise and the finished text is inconsistent.