French language Q&A Forum

I just heard someone in the show "Lupin" say what sounded like "merce" instead of "merci". Is "merce" an actual truncated form (like "ta" in English), or did the actor / character just trail off at the end of the word because she was distracted ? (It's the cop who's just taken Lupin into custody, & is transporting him by car, & she's talking with a petrol station attendant.)

Also, how common, & how slangy is "cimer" ?

Is there a definitive rule for the placement of the adjectives around the nouns that they qualify?

why are we using des with six ( chacun des six chateaux)  as six is the defined number

In this Kwiz, you state that I did not answer two questions, no 7 and no 8.

But I have a screenshot of my answers, showing that I DID answer them and had both correct.

This seems a bit unfair. I really got 8/10.

The other question I have is about question 1 (time duration). I got "Phileas Fogg avait un jour d'avance." right, using "avoir".

You state that your answer of "Phileas Fogg était en avance d'un jour" (using "être" is correct, but in the lesson, it says that the correct cuse of "étre" is: Phileas Fogg était un jour en avance. 

So, I think that your "étre" construction is wrong.

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William Humphreys 

When to use ‘je me sens’ and when ‘je sens’!  The question was "Je ne sens rien." can mean?: and one correct answer was 'I don’t feel anything'.  I thought that was incorrect as ‘me’ was needed for ‘feel' , but seemingly not, so when is it?  Couldf someone explain please? 

For the phrase "we divided", would "nous avons separe" be acceptable?

In one of the examples 'this land' is referred to as 'cette contrée' rather than 'ce pays'

Le chevalier fut amené devant le roi de cette contrée par les gardes

Could you please explain this usage to me? Thank you

Et toi, comment vas-tu?-I think this is how the correct version is

And you, how are you?

What a lovely poem! Thanks for making my  French learning experience so fun :)

Why is the correct answer: either male or female? The lesson says this:

Mon professeur Bruno et ma professeure Sarah sont gentils

So why is the answer to: "Je suis professeur" not "Leon", why do you say that it could be either?

thanks