French language Q&A Forum

Remember Head Shoulders Knees and Toes?

Jewels, shoulders,

Knees and toys (repeat)

Ca-a-bba-age 

Lice and owls

Jewels shoulders

Knees and toys!!

You’ll never be able to unhear this! (You’re welcome.)

Anyone else practicing by singing Charlie Boisseau’s »Pourquoi Tu T’en Vas »?

Could someone tell me please why/when to use que rather than qui (and vice versa)

Thanks in advance

Can I use l'imparfait instead? : "Je n'aimais pas le goût de la viande"

'ne pas aimer le goût' is a past habit, has no clear begining and end, as well as expressing an opinion. Why can't we use l'imparfait?

pourquoi quand vous dîtes “ J’arrive au “travail” vers neuf heures etc’  travail est masculin quand même nous connaissons la personne est feminine....  Et son amie Annie “travaille” à coté de son bureau ??

Please help me understand when to use just soi vs soi-même.

In the sentence "Tu veux des épinards", Why is it "des épinards"? I understand that des is used to mean some when things are countable. But I don't understand why spinach is considered to be countable, 

"Elles sentent bonnes" is incorrect, why can't you change bon is this setting? Thanks :)

Hey! Why in the examples is it  "j'ai de chance" and not "J'ai de la chance"?

Following on from the answer below; how do you then say "I like THE carrots" (i.e. the carrots I have on my plate right now)?

To say, 'I like carrots', you have to use the definite article,  les and say -

J'aime les carottes 

It sort of indicates in French that you like all the carrots in the world. very strange!

Des is a partitive article meaning 'some' so you might say -

Je voudrais des carottes,  s'il vous plait = I'd like some carrots, please

or 

Donnez-moi des carottes = Give me some carrots