French language Q&A Forum

One of the questions has the reply alternative: D'ici le temps que nous trouvions une solution, il sera trop tard. This was considered incorrect.

However, Reverso has loads of examples where "D'ici le temps que + subj." is translated as "By the time that". So, any reason why this doesn't work here?

d'ici le temps que ces dispositions soient mises en oeuvre -> by the time this is implemented

d'ici le temps que ton bébé ait le même âge que Samuel  -> by the time your baby is Samuel's age

etc., etc

The confusion between "nous" and "ils/elles" in French verb conjugations, especially for regular -ER verbs in the present tense,

Hi everyone, sometimes an adjective is added before -une vieille dame - and others are added after - une règle irrégulière. Are there any rules/tips to know when to put them? Thank you.

Hello,

I had this kwiziq question: Catherine ________ à l'hôtel ce soir. (Catherine is sleeping at the hotel tonight.)

I put the answer for the blank as "est en train de dort", but instead the answer is only "dort". I thought that "dort" would = he/she sleeps (not he/she is sleeping)

I thought that dormir = (to) sleep; être en train de dormir = sleeping.

Thanks for the help!

In the first paragraph and the phrase "il faut entrer dans la tête .." I'm hearing the "t" of "faut" being pronounced.

As there is a "verbe + verb infinitif" situation my understanding is that liaison is forbidden.

However, the "t" sounded does not appear to link across to "entrer".

I would really appreciate some comment !

Hi: I'm unable to parse "résoud" in the following sentence: 

Shouldn't it be "résout"? In fact, I couldn't find "résoud" in the online dictionary (word reference). 

Thanks!

Kalpana

Salut, can any one make a sentence when “ on” means ONE? Merciiii beacoup 

This rule's main aim is to make sure the pronunciation is always [toot] in the feminine. Indeed, in front of a vowel and mute 'h', the last 't' of tout is pronounced because of the liaison, hence no need for the extra 'e'.

Is this saying that the extra e is optional, or is this a rule?

Many thanks 

Alison