French language Q&A Forum

When she is assembling the plane she says 'venir' in every step. It doesn't seem to change the meaning of the sentence so is it just a language tic? If not, what does it do?

Ex. Nous allons venir assembler notre avion

On va venir prendre le deuxième baton jaune

On viendra l'appliquer à l'arrière

Les livres desquels je pense sont remarquable. The books I am thinking of are remarkable; the preposition here is de.

Dear Céline,

I would be most grateful to know why "du" appears in "Vous vous rappeler du petit restaurant italien ..." and "de" in "Tu te rappelles ton professeur de maths."

I thought and had the same meaning and are both passive voice constructions. This comes up in a question asking for an active voice sentence to be turned into a passive. I used which sounds better to me than . So, are reflexive constructions passive voice or not? I was taught, like 50 years ago, that they were. C'est un peu tatillon, mais j'ai envie de savoir.

Bonjour à tous!

The phrase is: "Après qu'ils sont arrivés et que nous les avons présentés, nous les avons laissé faire connaissance."

I have reviewed the lesson 'Special cases when the past participle agrees...' as well as, student comments going back three years, and l am stumped as to why the past participle of, "...nous les avons laissé faire connaissance" does not agree with the direct object pronoun 'les' (Stéphane and Aline). I understand that "présentés" agrees through the subordinate clause with 'que'. Why would 'laissé' not do the same with it's own direct object pronoun? ... assuming l have it right that both 'les' are direct object pronouns ... Merci! 

Even though I do now understand the difference between when to use those two prepositions, I am having trouble pronouncing them.  Is there a way?  Is the X silent?  Thank you. 

Is me a direct object here. I cannot find a definition for 'se traverser'

Pourquoi dit-on    "c'est un charmant jeune homme" au lieu de "il est un charmant jeune homme" ?

It sounds like he’s saying ‘ J’ai ouvert un emballage’, not ‘J’ai ouvert l’emballage’.