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FlashCards: I will bring you a hot drink (polite form)
I will bring you a hot drink (polite form) ANSWER: Je vous apporte une boisson chaude This to me is present tense: I bring or I am bring you a hot drink. what happened to the "will"? I venture to use the future tense: Je vous apporterai une boisson c...
5 replies - Last post by M-L - February 10, 2016
So when you say "we also have vegetarian dishes", why are there two "nous"? "Nous aussi nous avons des plats vegetariens" (in my lesson today) Thanks!
2 replies - Last post by floribon - February 10, 2016
An example in Lesson 7 has "Et combien de personnes voyagent-elles" "And how many people are travelling?" I'm wondering why it doesn't say, "Et combien de personnes sont voyager?" or if this is an alternate in any way? Thanks!
4 replies - Last post by booksoutloudhfx - January 23, 2016
Je suis à Paris depuis hier I’ve been in Paris since yesterday
6.3 Flirting Lesson: Extra vocabulary Je suis à Paris depuis hier => the lesson translation was: I’ve been in Paris since yesterday If the lesson was meant to be "je suis..." then the translation should have been "I am" but it didn't agree with "sinc...
2 replies - Last post by M-L - January 21, 2016
So in lesson 5.2, he asks "where he can find them" (the slippers). If it was just one thing, I would think he would ask: "Savez vous ou je peux le trouver?" So here why doesn't he say, "Savez vous ou je peux les trouver?" Thanks!
1 reply - Last post by toru e - January 6, 2016
Elle se prépare le petit déjeuner. 4.8
Elle se prépare le petit déjeuner. (from 4.8 lesson and test) The English translation given was: She makes herself SOME breakfast. My understanding of le is the definite article which corresponds to the English "the"; du is the partitive article which c...
5 replies - Last post by M-L - January 2, 2016
This lesson does does not include "Where am I?". Is it simply "Où suis je?"
3 replies - Last post by M-L - December 27, 2015
Can you say "combien de personnes y a til dans la restaurant?" as an alternate to "Il y a combien de personnes dans la restaurant?"
2 replies - Last post by M-L - December 13, 2015
Conjugation of "trouver" in lesson 12.7
In this lesson on formal negation, there is a sentence that reads "tu ne le trouve nulle part." (you don't find it anywhere). But should it not be "tu ne le trouves nulle part"? In other words, would not the conjugation of the verb "trouver" b...
1 reply - Last post by Michael-W - October 8, 2015
So....when speaking or writing informally we use 'on' in place of 'nous', but then what word does one use for 'our'? Should I write: On cherche nos livres or On cherche ses livres as an informal alternative to Nous cherchons nos livres ????
1 reply - Last post by toru e - September 29, 2015
Comment vous appelez-vous Is the s in vous sounded out when spoken in this sentence? I can't distinguish this when listening.
3 replies - Last post by toru e - September 23, 2015
Why the pronoun "en" in "tu n'en as pas dormi?"
2 replies - Last post by Simon-H20 - September 10, 2015
In Lesson 7.3 is the sentence, “Un cadeau acheté par un ami,” translated to, “A gift was bought by a friend.” Why was the present tense used; shouldn’t it have been the passé composé and read, “Un cadeau a acheté par un ami”? The action in t...
6 replies - Last post by Marie-Claire-Riviere - August 14, 2015
Hello, I'm in section 2.8 "where am I" and am wondering about these 2 phrases. Its hard to tell them apart La-Bas is "over there" but Au bas is "at the bottom". I looked up bas in the phrase finder but it only came back with these. Except it ...
2 replies - Last post by Marie-Claire-Riviere - July 31, 2015
Hello, I suppose I should be getting used to this as I asked about Est-ce que a while ago. So, I've been all content using J'ai besoin de for I need but now am finding Il me faut for I need, but also see Je dois me for I need. So, why are there 3 v...
2 replies - Last post by Marie-Claire-Riviere - July 31, 2015
In Lesson 6.4 is the following example: The French "Ça lui ferait plaisir d’entendre ça" translates to "She would be very pleased to hear that." I think I've seen this type of construction before: English uses the active tense,...
3 replies - Last post by Marie-Claire-Riviere - July 31, 2015
Tres - how is the e pronounced
In the first lesson, the instructor says that an e with an accent grave is pronounced ay, whereas an e with an accent aigu is pronounced eh. In the words, tres, pres, a cote, etc., all of those words use an accent grave but sound like "ay" to me. Have I...
3 replies - Last post by Ana-R23 - June 16, 2015
We have some charming pictures over here. Nous avons de charmants tableaux par ici. why is it not "des charmants tableaux" since its plural.
1 reply - Last post by toru e - April 8, 2015
Nous avons de charmants tableaux par ici. For this sentence, when we we use "du" and when do we use "de" ? Please help.
1 reply - Last post by toru e - March 26, 2015
Qu’est-ce que tu fais aujourd’hui for this sentence could I just say "que tu fais aujourd'hui?
1 reply - Last post by toru e - March 26, 2015
Lesson 1.2 Why does de appear in '' D'ou venez vous? '' when there is no '' of '' in the meaning '' Where do you come from '' Does the '' de ''in that sentence mean '' from ''?
10 replies - Last post by Marie-Claire-Riviere - March 23, 2015
Que-est-ce que vous voulez dire par "Note that when the verb is at the infinitive, « de » should be added in front of « avant ». Vous pouvez dire "avant l'infinitive," n'est-ce pas?
2 replies - Last post by jason☺ - March 14, 2015
Why is it "les oiseaux chantent" instead of "les oiseaux sont chantent?"
1 reply - Last post by toru e - March 12, 2015
Bonjour à tous, Je travail page 199 - Chapitre 41 Le Temps (3) sur Grammaire progressive du Français par CLE International. Dans exercice 4 - Complétez avec « depuis », « il y a », « pendant », « en », « dans » ou « pour ». 3. Je te rendrai l'agent que je...
4 replies - Last post by jason☺ - February 26, 2015
Is there no easy way to know which one to use.....:(
2 replies - Last post by toru e - February 26, 2015
argot and articles in lesson 2.2
Hello, When I saw both phrases together, I wondered if I really understood why I would use one over the other. Link: http://members.rocketlanguages.com/lessons/182 There's a little typo in the English. A little quote slipped in there. &nbs...
0 replies - Last post by jason☺ - February 24, 2015
Bonjour tout le monde, Je viens de finir un exercice de passé composé. Ceci a deux erreurs, je crois. Très bizarre de ne pas utiliser le pronom "je" dans deux phrases, n'est-ce pas? C'est normal à vos avis? Je suis parti de Paris le samedi à on...
5 replies - Last post by jason☺ - February 19, 2015
Closing an email / Formules de politesse
Hello, I have received some emails with this sort of phrase at the bottom (24 of them at this point) that gave me a little difficulty. Vous en souhaitant bonne réception, Comme... Vous en souhaitant bonne réception, je reste à votre disposition pour to...
3 replies - Last post by Diana-S1 - February 18, 2015
This "you could" phrase just popped up in my lesson yesterday. Can someone tell me where it fits with the conjugation of "could"? i.e.... je pouvais, tu -- ? puisses?, il pouvait, nous pourrions, vous pourriez, etc? Is it just an irregular verb, or a...
4 replies - Last post by Stefanie--15 - February 4, 2015
se baigner = to bath or to bathe
Bonjour à tous, When did we start spelling bathe as bath in English? Do a search in phrase finder for "baigner" http://members.rocketlanguages.com/Toolbox/ It comes up with two entries (both wrong) To bath oneself To bath, to swim From Antidote: Se ba...
4 replies - Last post by jason☺ - January 22, 2015
In lesson 2.6 Telling Time Part 2, under the subheading "Halves and Quarters" you explain that "the hour + moins le quart" is the correct way of stating in French that it is quarter to the hour. However, in the "Par Example" section directly below, you pr...
4 replies - Last post by jason☺ - January 21, 2015
i understand the sentence but not the grammar
J'espère qu'on s'arrête bientôt. please explain (s'arrete) grammar bruce
5 replies - Last post by jason☺ - January 21, 2015
Clear up "je vous en prie" for me?
I just came across this in the Doctor Visit lesson, where "je vous en prie" is translated as "you're welcome". Every time I've ever heard this phrase in French dialogue in movies that I own (and listen to for practice), it is always used in the context ...
3 replies - Last post by Marie-Claire-Riviere - January 21, 2015
Just a quick clarification, in the grammar lesson on time, it says that a quarter past the hour is moins le quart, but in the example the 'le' is missing. Is this an extra rule?
4 replies - Last post by Marie-Claire-Riviere - January 21, 2015
si il y en a please explain the en and the a thank you bruce
4 replies - Last post by jason☺ - January 20, 2015
please explain J'en what does it mean?
3 replies - Last post by bruce-a17 - January 17, 2015
trouvez la question avec est-ceque
pls help me to find the question for the following using est-ce que, 1) il y de la pluie. 2) nous écoutons une chanson. and mettez au pluriel for the following 1) il est indien 2) je suis étudiant 3) il a un portable. 4) c'est beau and conjugez au prése...
2 replies - Last post by jason☺ - January 13, 2015
Salut tout le monde! In lesson 1.3 it says that "Est-ce que vous le comprenez ?" means "Do you understand him? (polite form)". That seams a little unintuitive to me because the french version doesn't refer to gender. Any thoughts? Merci!
3 replies - Last post by Jane-P1 - November 12, 2014
When to use "le" before francias?
Hello, I understand that "le" means "the" and in french they use it often before saying francias or longlais,,, and sometimes they don't use it, and it made me confused. when do I actually use it?
7 replies - Last post by Jane-P1 - November 9, 2014
Hello. I am new to this and therefore this may be a very silly question. In the two phrases below, why does the one example not use the pronoun "le" before "français" and the other does? - Je parle français. - J'adore apprendre le français.
3 replies - Last post by Diana-S1 - October 29, 2014
In the sentence - Une tarte aux pommes An apple tart - why is the apple plural?
1 reply - Last post by Diana-S1 - October 17, 2014
ON the virtual key board I cannot find the correct letters with accents, for example bientot I don't see the accent over the O. Bien Sur, I cannot find the accent for the U.
5 replies - Last post by toru e - September 27, 2014
Just wondering, for numbers such as 80 where there are two ways of saying them, which is the most prevalent? Thanks!
2 replies - Last post by Belinda--31 - September 21, 2014
Se lever and Se réveiller
Near the top of Lesson 4.8 are two verbs: .. Se lever .. to get out of bed .. Se réveiller .. to wake up Further down the same lesson the verb Se lever changes meaning in the following sentence: .. Tu te lèves de bonne humeur. .. You wake up in a g...
1 reply - Last post by Marie-Claire-Riviere - September 5, 2014
With a few exceptions French adjectives follow the nouns they describe, and those exceptions include adjectives describing the noun's age. Lesson 4.9 has the following sentence: "Je m'achète des vêtements neufs !" I wonder why the adjective "neufs" fol...
1 reply - Last post by Marie-Claire-Riviere - September 5, 2014
language and culture, 1.14 quantities(part 2)
good day near the bottom of the lesson it says je suis le premier dans la course - this is under the picture but then just below it says je suis le premier de la course please advise which is the correct way of saying and learning it merci beaucoup c...
2 replies - Last post by Marie-Claire-Riviere - August 20, 2014
Bonjour, j'ai une question. Est-ce que vous pouvez m'aider? Merci beaucoup. Right, you're not a kid any more? Ah bon, t'es plus un enfant ? Je ne comprends pas. Why isn't it: "Ah bon, tu n'es plus un enfant?"
2 replies - Last post by Taylor-S20 - August 14, 2014
Lesson 4.7 presents adverbs. Many adverbs have corresponding adjectives, one set is "petit" and "peu". The example given for these two is "J'ai pris une petite tranche de pain. J'ai mangé très peu." This example uses the transitive verb "manger," which...
2 replies - Last post by Diana-S1 - August 9, 2014
past perfect for préparer and appeler
Bonjour! In lesson 4.9, there are two example sentences that confuse me: "Tu t'es préparé pour les vacances!" and "Vous vous êtes appelés au téléphone hier." Judging from the translations, they both appear to be using the past perfect tense, but I th...
3 replies - Last post by John-G170 - August 3, 2014
The difference between addressing friends as "les amis" or "mes amis"
When greeting a group of friends, what's the difference between: Salut les amis (Lesson 2.1) Bonqour les amis (Lesson 4.2) À la prochaine fois les amis (Lesson 7.2 Bonjour mes amis (Lesson 19.1) In each situation the speaker is t...
3 replies - Last post by Diana-S1 - July 28, 2014