French language Q&A Forum

Is “courir dans les escaliers “ the expression for to run up the stairs?  If so, how do you say to run down the stairs.

Is there a way to target a specific language point?  For example, if I look at an explanation of a particular point, then 'notebook' it, sometimes there is a mini kwiz below, but is it possible to get more practice on one particular topic? 

I got my response from your own site: Merci de votre attention, which you can see below, and yet I’m marked wrong. What’s the deal this time? 

Can someone tell me if I have arrived at a correct conclusion?  

Il prend le train le vendredi. = He takes the train on Fridays.

Il prend le train vendredi. = He is taking the train Friday.

If there's a lesson on when to use articles with days of the week, I would appreciate a link!  Thank you.

Two of the three options for this were "Oh! I watched this one yesterday too" and "Oh!  I watched it yesterday too."  I selected the first option, because "ça" is a demonstrative pronoun, not a personal pronoun.  But the microquiz said that "I watched IT" was the correct selection.  I was happier when I went to an explanation, because there, the translation was "I watched THAT."  Should "ça" ever be translated as "it"?  I'm sure this is nitpicky, but I'm a linguist fluent in Spanish, and the details matter to me! 

Thank you. 

You're washing yourself! (i.e. You do it on your own!)

I thought when it means on your own it is 'tout seul'. Is this phrase idiomatic, and doesn't necessary mean 'washing'? I am confused with i.e. you do it on your own. For example, can I use this phrase to say a kid baked a cake on his own?

From the lesson:

J'en ai rachete, juste au cas ou. And "with juste au cas ou, youn can only use Le Conditional.  

But the conditional is j'aurais achete or is this s typo?

Jack

I enjoyed your quiz on using à vs de, but I've had no success in locating a lesson where you illustrated the differences.  Can you share?