French language Q&A Forum

Hello , to my understanding , there are 2 types of question ,formal and informal . But what type is this that the question "Combien coûte ce livre ?" belongs to ?, Because it's not follow the formulas for formal type ( Est-ce que or inversion ) . And it's not also follow the formula itonation for informal type (question word + statement itonation) like Combien ce livre coûte ?. Why combien is an adverb but can be followed by a verb (coûte).  So it confuses me here  . Can you explain for me please ?

Bonjour,

Can you explain how to determine which nouns are masculine and which are feminine?

Merci

Comment traduirait-on " j'ai pris du retard"?

Use contacted articles to complete the following sentence 

J'habite _____pune 

should be  he/she/one has fun then we/people have fun

It would be she has fun or he has fun one has fun.. why is that not shown. Also seems so insane not to use of the verb to have avoir ??? alas just what is. 

What pronoun could work for  a mixture of life genders as a collective pronoun :They(John and Mary) are eating.

I know that she did not say Tu vas l'adorer but why didn't she?  Is it an idiosyncratic expression that doesn't require an object?

Quand is an indicator of futur anterieur, when quand is used with simple, isn't next tense is anterieur?
My mentor taught it something like that..

Not sure why de not des.  The cited lesson suggests it should be des.