French language Q&A Forum

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

Hi, 

In the example 'appelle-les' the e at the end of appelle is not pronounced.

However, the e is pronounced at the end of  'Regarde-les !' and   'Regarde-la !'

Could you please explain why this is.

Thank you

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I'm noticing that most verb tenses in this passage are in the present tense. I'm wondering if there's a general rule about when to use the present versus the future tense in this kind of historical account. I see one sentence that says "Plus tard, elle aura son diplome en sciences physiques..." Given that the sentence starts with "plus tard," it makes sense to me that the following verb is in the future tense, but later in the passage I'm seeing "Plus tard, en 1911, Marie recoit le Prix Nobel..." In this case "plus tard" is followed by the present tense. I'm wondering if the choice of tense is stylistic or if there is a subtle difference in meaning or how does one decide which tense is appropriate? Thanks in advance for your help!

Pourquoi est-ce que la ponctuation ne fait-elle pas partie de la dictée?