French language Q&A Forum

So, is there a nuance between 'buisson' and 'arbuste' ?  I believe that both translate to bush or shrub.  Shouldn't both be accepted since there is no other description? 

I can follow that most of the text is in the (futur d'anticipation). 

However, I am wondering why the text switched to using  the infinitive (entendre), in the last sentence? and why not use the Gerondif -en entendant. like at the beginning of the fourth sentence. 

When to use que vs quoi

Bonjour,

I am A2 level and would like to know what online resource I should use to reference words and phrases in french.

Merci

JoAnn

It took me a moment to understand this heading - does it mean that 1 Describing and 2 Expressing Opinions are two different uses of l’imparfait? (rather than both describing opinions and expressing them)

Biscuits is plural. Surely it should be:

I had eaten all the biscuits, and there were none left for the guests!

Thanks, Stephen

The clue on the 2nd last screen is ' it = general statement ' but there is no 'it' in the sentence being translated,  just 'I find that topic really interesting.'  

The clue is misleading given the answers suggested, not unexpectedly, use ' ce sujet ' or ' ce thème ' . 

On the following screen "I am going to buy it straight away. " In this case 'it' refers to a specific novel, so 'general statement' is not correct either.

I don't think the clue is helpful or necessary on either screen.

Why does the text switch from imparfait to passé composé here:

Nous étions vraiment désolés. Nous nous sommes excusés

Pourquoi on dit 'dans sa gourde' ?

Johnny

Good morning. Is there a trick to hearing the accents over vowels, or do you just have to know where they are in every word? A lot of times I can distinguish the pronunciation of é vs. è, but sometimes I can't tell the difference between e and é, for example. In the text, there's the sentence "" where I can hear é in représentation and théâtrales, but the e in spectacles sounds the same as é in the other two words and doesn't have an accent. Is this something that just comes with a lot of practice? Or do you just sort of need to know the words in advance?