French language Q&A Forum

Can I say 'je suis en train de lire ce livre' if I am reading the book but not actually at that moment?

Why we use "va" instead of "vas"? I thought it was "vas" since they communicate with "Tu".

What does this term mean in the context of a hotel and restaurant ?   BTW, thanks for another challenging C1.  I cannot yet imagine understanding all of this without the possibility of repetition.   Still plodding along with a score of 57/80 with considerable repetition required.

Could someone please clarify the rule for choosing between à laquelle and de laquelle in a sentence such as: 

"The girl I'm thinking of is Isabelle." : La fille ________ je pense est Isabelle.  "

I understand that they both translate "about/of whom" but they are not interchangeable. 

Thanks in advance!

Kalpana 

hi, 

I took the test and i understand that Switzerland is feminine but why is there a masculine pronoun ils at the beginning? ils detesent la suisse. Shouldn't it be elles not ils?

thanks

nicole

I spent a while trying to understand this sentence, as there are several examples given later on with "que" or "qu’" at the beginning, eg qu’est-ce ?", "que veut-il ?"and indeed those starting "qu’est-ce que". I reckoned it only applies to your first group of sentences where intonation, rather than inversion is used to ask the question - is that right?

The examples use avoir but the text says use etre - I am confused