French language Q&A Forum
Questions answered by our learning community with help from expert French teachers
13,968 questions • 30,119 answers • 866,728 learners
Clever stuff happening!
Questions answered by our learning community with help from expert French teachers
13,968 questions • 30,119 answers • 866,728 learners
Would there be a difference in meaning between using avoir vs. ètre when saying I’m late/early? The English translations show the exact meaning. So is it ok if someone were to use ONLY avoir OR être?
In English there may be a difference in meaning between "You went out even though I wasn't ok with it" and "You went out even though I'm not ok with it"; I might have changed my mind in the interim: "You went out even though I wasn't ok with it [, but now I am ok with it]." Wouldn't this second sense require the imperfect rather than the subjunctive in modern French: "... bien que je n'étais pas d'accord"?
I'm guessing example 1 uses the imparfait since it's a "continuing action", but isn't example 2 also a "continuing action" even with the fullstop separating the two?
Un identifiant- has a voice overlay at the start.
Also suggest words for : an attachment, chat, inbox, hashtag, mailing list, etc be added.
At the end, could you say "Ça fait dix ans que je suis un prof" ?
I answered the question correctly but it was marked wrong. I paid very close attention to the answer.
Presumably ‘soi-même’ can also be used for ‘itself’ ?
I used "faire du camping", which is good French and comes straight from le grand Robert. Why was this rejected?
Find your French level for FREE
Test your French to the CEFR standard
Find your French level