French language Q&A Forum

What is the meaning of écrin ? It's not clear from searching the french dictionaries.

 Je m'appelle nadini et je viens de colombo en la Srilankais

I'm not clear on the rule for verb conjugation when the subject has a name e.g., James, and then what when 2 named subjects - James and Martha (mixed gender) are doing the same thing, does that differ in terms of conjugation rules? and then what about plural same gender or mixed group?

I had this same question, as I forgot the above lesson, so I thought I should respond as it would save others time. The question related to: 'si je POUVAIS, j'aurais été astronaute.'

Why soit d’argent soit un cadeau?  Why not soit de l’argent or soit d’un cadeau?

Would be be incorrect to say " j’ai (tu,il,elle,etc) une fièvre " ? As in English "I have a fever" as Cécile notes “j’ai une bronchite" or is it alway "j’ai de la… (I have fever)" 

I read somewhere else that you always put the most important first, ie the thing or person that is missed, ie Jean manque à ma sœur ; my sister misses Jean , Jean lui manque ; she misses Jean. Is that a guide worth following?

It's a small point, but do French people write Ier with a capital I or 1er with a 1 ? Or either ?

In the Fall/Automne quiz I put marron for chestnut but was marked wrong. Why?

Why is Francaise docteur  capitalized, but astronome francaise is not?