French language Q&A Forum

In English there is a strong feeling to want to say “the period”. Below, the definite article is missing, so it’s just “période”. Is this just the way it is in French?

“se levait et se couchait en même temps que le Soleil du vingt-deux juillet au vingt-trois août, période pendant laquelle apparaissaient les fortes chaleurs.”

Why is "I've seen the neighborhood evolve" translated passé composé instead of imparfait?  "I've seen" describes something that happens over time and is not ended, it's continuous and I'm not done seeing.  Isn't that the case for imparfait?

Tu es calme into imperitif?

Why is "à la" used and not "dans"?

She lives, physically, in the countryside.

It seems if she came "from the countryside" it would be "à la".

Is this just one of those "this is the way it is, and not subject to the dans/en rules"?

(Histoire de ma vie) I have the desire to write a novel or I have no more the desire to write a novel. What means : se passer qchose? 

Pont de l'Alma with a capital 'P' but pont des Invalides and pont Alexandre III with lower case 'p'. Is that correct?

Bonjour! Est-ce que quelqu'un pourrait m'expliquer pourquoi l'exercise dit "payer pour qqch" au lieu de payer qqch? Est-ce que payer devrait etre transitif dans ce cas? (Desole pour ne pas avoir mis les accents!) Merci en avance!

From the spelling I imagine it should be masculine.

I really enjoy these exercises and they really assist in learning and improving my french.

Is it possible to see the "full" English translation? Without having to do the exercise again and each phrase separately.

This would help me to view the English translation and see where I deferred but also cement some expressions.

Thank you

Why are we saying la veste que je vous ai acheté and not la veste que j’ai acheté de vous?