French language Q&A Forum

The audio for WC sounds like “VC” instead of “double VC”. Is this an error, or is it in fact how it is said in that context in France?

 In this sentence - I can hear "impatient" - without the e.

Could I technically ask Qu'est-ce qu'il y a la distance entre Paris et Lyon? Would that make sense considering "il y a" can be used in questions.

The sentence " Elle porte aussi des vêtements très originaux" - the word vêtements - sounds like jetements.

In the other lessons, i saw that "De qui" "Qui" "Dont" "Lequel" and "Duquel" are having the same literal meanings in the English translation. Can, you explain this briefly?

Eg.  Le garçon à côté de qui tu es assise a de beaux yeux.

Eg. Voici les amis au sujet desquels nous sommes inquiets. 

Eg. Le garçon dont tu parles est très gentil.

Eg. La fille derrière qui je suis assis est belle. 

All of them means "Whom' may i know why? and all of them seem so complicated while they literally mean the same. 

It’s the first time that I’ve come across « faire revenir » in culinary terms. Is it used over « faire dorer » for that manner of cooking or can either expression be used ?

Hello! I'm confused about the sentence: "Pour que tous les habitants comprennent, le roi François Ier décide en 1539 .... " If the English translation takes place in the past tense (the king François decided), why does the phrase seem to be conjugated in the present tense? Why not "le roi François Ier a décidé?" Merci!

What is wrong with saying “j’ai trouvé 

leur livre” for “I found their book”? Isn’t it the same as “j’ai trouvé le livre des enfants “?

Please help me distinguish those two words, I keep making mistake when it comes to translating the word "predict" in English.