French language Q&A Forum
Questions answered by our learning community with help from expert French teachers
14,944 questions • 32,438 answers • 1,015,678 learners
Questions answered by our learning community with help from expert French teachers
14,944 questions • 32,438 answers • 1,015,678 learners
If the answer was "roman policier" shouldn't the question have been "police novel" rather than "detective story" ?
Would the following also be a correct translation?
J’ai dû me résigner à appeler un taxi
as an alternative to: -
il a fallu que je me résigne à appeler un taxi
I appreciate the attempt but for me this project has been a failure. I still have no idea what I would be eating. I have so many questions about this last menu that I don't even know where to start. I am not even clear about the cost. So frustrating!
There's a lesson on A1 telling to use le/les/l' when talking about body parts.
Why on this sentence "et je regarde mes pieds" we use 'mes' instead of 'les'? It is already known whose feet it is on 'je regarde' so I got confused on why the lesson says to use 'les' while on this exercise it is 'mes'.
Thank you!
So, formally, il faut ranger ta chambre can also be written as il te faut ranger la/ta chambre, right?
i used avoir envie as it is a wish, a desire. question not say it was a medical necessity which would be avoir besoin de;
that was my understanding of difference between the two, is that not right?
In the quiz question
Mon frère, ________ la femme est prof, est architecte.
I originally put 'dont', then second-guessed myself and wrote 'de qui'. I was marked wrong. But in the lesson it states that de qui is also correct, just much less common.
So shouldn't it also be accepted as an answer?
in my gcse book the english - i wanted to buy some trousers but they didn't suit me is translated as
j'ai voulu acheté un pantalon mais il ne m'allait pas .
As this is a one off occasion why is the imperfect of aller used and not the perfect
thanks
Why "prêts", and not "prêt"? "On", the subject of the sentence is singular. Should not the adjective also be singular?
Find your French level for FREE
And get your personalised Study Plan to improve it
Find your French level