French language Q&A Forum

In the explanation is the following sentence: Un millier de soldats sont venus.

I don't believe "thousand" is EVER followed by a verb. It is followed by a noun to indicate what is being counted.  Am I misunderstanding the intent of the explanation?

Just curious if we can use “excitant” instead of passionnant? Thanks!

I think I’m confused about this. The lesson says that Je suis is used for “I am” but I got the question on the quiz wrong oui, merci Je _____  mieux aujourd'hui. And the translation was “yes, thank you, I’m better today.” I put “Je suis” because “I’m” is the contraction for “I am,” but the correct answer was Je vais, which is used for “I feel.” Was I just taking the translation too literally?

I ask because you say "une personne', regardless of whether the person is male or female, whereas it seems that 'fan', on the contrary, follows the gender of the underlying individual - is that correct?

1 "qui semblaient occupés à transporter de la nourriture jusqu'à leur terrier". Why not "leurs terriers"? The English text is "their burrows", i e in plural.

2. "Elles sont restées à les regarder une dizaine de minutes". The first time I worked through this translation excercise I used "observer" as a translation of "observe", but this was flagged and not given as an alternative. Thus, in the second time around I used "regarder", but this time "observer" was the correct translation and "regarder" was not given as an alternative. I cannot be wrong both times🤔.

On a recent writing challenge I encountered the following:

I've always admired their courage and their dedication.

Kwizbot's answer:

Your answer:

Why passe compose with "We enjoyed ..." and "we drank..." rather than imparfait?