French language Q&A Forum

Hi, with reference to “la Belgique a la plus basse proportion de McDonald's par habitant.””

In French, is the apostrophe really used in this way? It looks like an English possessive apostrophe. 

I was expecting to see “j’ai encore retardée mes achats” because the speaker is female. Does the exercise use “retardé” because the object of this part of the sentence is “achats” (a masculine noun), and not the female speaker?

Can you please tell the meaning of 'en' in the below sentence?

E.g. "Un mot est ajouté à la fin d'une phrase pour en faire une question."

What does 'pour en faire' mean literally?

The "preferred" translation indicates that their son fell asleep "a poings fermes," indicating that he was deeply asleep.  I dispute this -- kids may fall asleep with their fists closed, but not tightly unless they are under severe stress.  I would suggest that a better indication of deep sleep would be the other suggestion - "il dormait profondement."  This is from years of watching a number of sleeping children -- mine and others'.  Just a thought....

Why la tête and not le visage for « face » ?

Could someone please clarify the rule for choosing between à laquelle and de laquelle in a sentence such as: 

"The girl I'm thinking of is Isabelle." : La fille ________ je pense est Isabelle.  "

I understand that they both translate "about/of whom" but they are not interchangeable. 

Thanks in advance!

Kalpana