French language Q&A Forum

Does it make any sense to ask why "Hanoucca" doesn't use a definite article in order to ease the pronunciation? Is it because the "H" is an "H aspiré"? 

If I say "I have been living in Paris for 4 years" is it correct to say either:

#1 J'habite à Paris depuis quatre ans or  #2 J'ai été habiter à Paris quatre ans.

Why, in “Nous courons pour ne pas manquer notre train.”, do we have “ne pas manquer” and not “ne manquer pas”? I didn’t know that “ne pas” is valid. 

Remplacez avec un pronom convenable. 

Elle place une statue de bronze à l'entrée de la maison. 

Les mots soulignés sont "Une statue de bronze". 

1) Elle en place une à l'entrée de la maison 

ou 

2) Elle la place à l'entrée de la maison. 

Hello, bonjour!

 This is not a question, just a comment. I must say I really like to the voice of the woman reading the sentences on this page!! Lovely voice and style - more of this reader, please!

Seems to me that « were going every summer » and « used to go every summer » are pretty much the same thing. My translator for nous allions agreed. What’s the difference and how does one say « were going? » Merci !

At the end of the conversation the Aunt says the mirrors are too cute.   Then she says "I'll take them."   How many does she want to buy for her niece??  I would have expected her to say "I'll take one"  Or does "Je les prends !" not mean I'll take them.  I'm confused.

Is there a chance that the Kwiz(es) could be more varied, challenging, and taken more frequently within the specific subject areas, say, after 24 hours of taking the last Kwiz ?  ( I hope I am posting this in the right place and apologize if I am not :-) 

Thank you,

Colleen

The question was what does the following mean: "Je vais au restaurant plus tard" and one of the answers I picked was, I will come to the restaurant later." It was marked wrong. But I just took a lesson on using the present tense to describe the near future. I'm confused.

I put down "terminerai" for my last sentence, but yours showed "finirai" instead.  Here, however, it is shown as "terminerai."  My final score aside ;) --haha-- is there a difference between the two?