French language Q&A Forum

I’ve looked at the forum responses and still don’t understand why ‘je suis dix minutes en retard’ was marked as incorrect. More clarification please.

Would it be an alternative to say:  Ils ont du [accent] leur devoirs avant le diner [accent]" (which I believe translates to  "They must have finished their homework before dinner.")

Can you please explain how these are different?

“A corner-kick” would be a useful addition to the list !

Hi,

I was wondering if there was a list of the sports to know whether or not it is jouer or faire? i do know which ones are masculine and fem i just need to know how you determine which is faire or jouer.

thanks 

i had scrolled down and found Céline's answer and it made more sense.

nicole

Why is it "Elle fait exprès d'être en retard."  and not "Elle a fait exprès d'être en retard.

"Elle veut que tu fasses la grasse matinée demain matin."

 In this example, "Il a acheté deux burritos, mais il n'a mangé ni l'un ni l'autre", would it be equally correct to add "en": "Il a acheté deux burritos, mais il n'en a mangé ni l'un ni l'autre"? And why isn't it necessary anyway?

Unlike some comment leavers on this page, I *adore* the passé simple and I find it extremely useful.

That probably has a lot to do with the fact that I enjoy reading French history and literature. (For example, Les Trois mousquetaires is an amazing romp !  Much better in the original French than in any English translation that I've seen.)

I would be hopelessly confused in my reading without a solid understanding of the passé simple (to say nothing of the passé antérieur and *all* the tenses of the subjonctif) !

Different people learn French for different purposes. All the purposes are legitimate, in my view. It's a pretty big website, and I support the principle that the lessons should cover as much of la langue française as possible.

That said, I would be grateful to have more coverage of informal French. When I watch movies, I often find myself at a loss to understand what is being said by one character to another, even though I have a pretty good command of C1-level formal French. Maybe mine is a minority interest, but I just want to mention it.

In any case:

Great site! Many thanks!

Every once in a while someone asks about punctuation.  I try to be a stickler on punctuation in English and must admit I don't understand the punctuation used in Kwiziq.  For example, why is there a comma in the sentence beginning Sa beauté and not in the sentence beginning with La reine?  And, also, shouldn't it be: Il était, une fois dans une contrée lointaine, une ....?