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Je suis un peu confus. One of the questions that I missed on one of the early tests was: What is the French word for "little"? One of the choices was "peu" and another was "petit" I choose "little" which was marked ...
6 replies - Last post by neda-t - January 3, 2012
Which lessons cover verb endings for the present, past and future tenses? How can I skip to earlier lessons quickly? Jake
3 replies - Last post by Sami-Zaki - December 9, 2011
Referring to him when the subject is a woman
I have started reading French news by copying and pasting on the I translate app and have noticed that where the article is talking about a woman, the translation says 'him' where I think it should say 'her' etc, is this to do with the app or is there a r...
1 reply - Last post by 2679 - November 8, 2011
When should I use salut or bonjour? I am not sure if one is less formal or should be used with people you know well?
4 replies - Last post by Mounir-C - August 4, 2011
I (surprisingly) remember a lot of verbs, tenses etc from school French decades ago. I never did get or understand the masculine/feminine though. ie le table or la table. Is there somewhere I can find instructions on this and how important is getting it r...
2 replies - Last post by Pascal-P - July 6, 2011
Hi, I have just done this quiz and the answer for one of the questions was "Mettre le table". I thought table was feminine so it should be la table, but does the word in front affect it. Any help appreciated please.
2 replies - Last post by Dinesh-G - June 15, 2011
Bonjour Tout le monde I have just been going through lesson 13.8 and I am understanding it but one of the negations slightly confused me. It's this one here: Il y a plus de lait dans le frigo. There is no more milk in the fridge. I see you have gott...
1 reply - Last post by Rocket-Languages - May 20, 2011
I ma really interested in aa the languuanges and I will like to speak half of the languanges in the future
2 replies - Last post by Pascal-P - May 6, 2011
Lesson 1.8 Culture I don't understand why in, ''Excusez-moi, pouvez-vous m’aider s’il vous plaît? Excuse me, can you please help me?''. why,in m'aider, is the verb aider still in it's neutral form.
9 replies - Last post by Sami-Zaki - May 5, 2011
Why does Claire say "D'ordinaire nous ne vendons pas de bouteilles non ouvertes" Shouldn't it be "des"?
5 replies - Last post by Marie-Claire-Riviere - February 21, 2011
Hi,. in lesson 7.5 ça fait longtemps qu'on ne s'est vu is that right or we should say ça fait longtemps qu'on ne s'a pas vu is it verb etre or avoir thank you.....
1 reply - Last post by Pascal-P - January 30, 2011
I've noticed in the lessons there is a distinction made between "plus" (pronounced pluh) and "plus" (pronounced plusse). I saw the following distinction for one example on another website, but still not sure all bases are covered: Je ne t'aime plus = I d...
4 replies - Last post by Marie-Claire-Riviere - December 8, 2010
In the lessons we are taught about the decimal point being "virgule", e.g. Two point five = deux virgule cinq. However, my understanding is that virgule is actually a comma, and the reason it is used like this is that French standard notation is to use a ...
1 reply - Last post by Marie-Claire-Riviere - November 9, 2010
From lesson 1.10, Une douzaine de films = About 12 films. So how would we say "A dozen films?"
1 reply - Last post by Marie-Claire-Riviere - November 5, 2010
is it?- je veux aller maison or.......
Is it =Je veux aller maison or Je veux aller la maison? Also what does the "a" mean in= "machine a laver"
3 replies - Last post by Allan-M - November 2, 2010
I see from lesson 1.10 that "plus ou moins" is a good approximation language tool. However I've also heard something similar to "un peu prés". Is this correct? Are there others?
0 replies - Last post by Allan-M - November 2, 2010
Hi,, May I ask about "du dejeuner" & de dormir...I know du here means de le so it becomes du....but why we did not say du dormir too... that was in lesson 1.11 "c'est l'heure du dejeuner" & c'est l'heure de dormir thank you...
6 replies - Last post by Allan-M - November 2, 2010
Translation of " It's not here"
In lesson 10.3, the second sentence goes, " C'est pa ici, ca." I understand that the "ne" is often dropped, but why use "ca" at the end of the sentence? A suggestion for this lesson would be to have Lauren answer that ques...
3 replies - Last post by Marie-Claire-Riviere - November 2, 2010
I just finished going through lesson 1.4, Avoir Soif, and I am confused about the formal version of "I'll bring it to you." In both the audio lesson and written in the extra vocabulary section, this phrase is translated to "Je vous apporte ca." But my d...
5 replies - Last post by Allan-M - November 1, 2010
I there anywhere in the course I can view verbs in a list so I can make sense of the endings, I', finding it hard just to memorise phrases without understanding.
5 replies - Last post by Allan-M - November 1, 2010
et en plus tu as une ambiance formidable avec la danse et la musique. This phrase in your course is translated as "and plus there is a........ I thought "there is or there are" was translated as il y a not tu as.
1 reply - Last post by Allan-M - November 1, 2010
Oliver B – October 25, 2010, 2:17 pm Hi, I was just wondering what the abbreviated 'S' in S’il vous plait and S’il te plait stands for - is it 'Se' or 'Si' perhaps? Thanks Oliver.
1 reply - Last post by Allan-M - November 1, 2010
in college we have been asked to write passage on our family(Le famille). I don't know french words for different members of the family. Also could you tell me some useful words which i could also include in the passage. Merci beaucoup
1 reply - Last post by Marie-Claire-Riviere - October 19, 2010
Dans une Boutique de Souvenirs
Hi, I was wondering why it is not des souvenirs ?? thank you
1 reply - Last post by Marie-Claire-Riviere - September 14, 2010
J'ai une grande valise noire et une petite valise verte. Mais j'en ai besoin d'une autre. Why do we need 'en' in there?
1 reply - Last post by Marie-Claire-Riviere - September 14, 2010
Hi, In lesson 1.5, when Claire says this sentence "Toutes les chambres ont une salle de bain privée.", she links "ont" with "une", and not "chambres' with "ont". How do we know what to link when we're saying a...
3 replies - Last post by Scorpio - September 12, 2010
Hi, I am on my first section of grammar, 1.6 to 1.8 and was so doing very well till I started this section and now I am feeling very low, I am just not getting and of the grammar stuff at all, I cant seem to get any of it to sink in, can anyone help me as...
1 reply - Last post by Marie-Claire-Riviere - August 30, 2010
et en plus tu as une ambiance formidable avec la danse et la musique. This phrase in your course is translated as "and plus there is a........ I thought "there is or there are" was translated as il y a not tu as.
1 reply - Last post by Marie-Claire-Riviere - July 16, 2010
why is "I will sing" be "je chantera" Shouldn't it be "je chanterai" :?: In the book i have, the future tense for the i form is chanterai. Chantera is the he/she form.
1 reply - Last post by Marie-Claire-Riviere - June 16, 2010
IN 2.4 WHY WAS IT EN CE MOMENT AND NOT A CE MOMENT
1 reply - Last post by Marie-Claire-Riviere - June 16, 2010
If someone asks you what is french for bed. Do you tell them "le lit" or "lit."
1 reply - Last post by Marie-Claire-Riviere - May 17, 2010
Need help to pronounce the following words.
I am visiting Paris in one week time. I am very new to French. so I need help to pronounce the following in French correctly, just in case I got lost. Hotel Berne Opera La rue de Rome metro line 4 river seine Where is the metro station to ...
0 replies - Last post by TimLee - March 27, 2010
In Rocket French advanced lesson 2.2 Prendre de l'essence, the use of the past participle in the phase 'vous l'avez faite' involves the spelling and pronunciation 'faite' with the 't' pronounced - in lieu of 'fait' - the reason is not given in the lesso...
3 replies - Last post by Marie-Claire-Riviere - January 27, 2010
je ne parle qu' Anglais (from lesson 1.3)
Failed to get this meaning out of the lesson: "I speak only English" It seems to literally translate "I do not speak that English". can anyone offer an explanation?
1 reply - Last post by Marie-Claire-Riviere - December 16, 2009
I'm a little confused. Hope someone could tell me which is correct: Je vais a la France. Je vais en France. Je viens de France. Je viens en France. Merci beaucoup. Yoke-Lim
1 reply - Last post by Marie-Claire-Riviere - December 16, 2009
In the phrase "tout ce qu'il nous faut" which apparantly means "all we need to do--" makes sense because "we" = nous. But, the phrase for " all I need to do" is "tout ce qu'il ma faut" ( spelling? ) . ...
1 reply - Last post by Marie-Claire-Riviere - December 16, 2009
Question about using Mes compliments!
Would you ever use "Mes compliments" to greet anybody? Is it too formal? Thanks! Jeremy
1 reply - Last post by Marie-Claire-Riviere - December 15, 2009
translation of "we went to pick him up at the airport"
Hi everyone, got a quick beginner's question: *Nous lui avons recontré à l'aéroport.* Is the best way to say "we picked him up at the airport"? Also, how would you translate "we helped him carry the luggage" and "we drove him h...
2 replies - Last post by Marie-Claire-Riviere - December 15, 2009
Reflexive Verbs and Past Tense
Suppose I wanted to say "I shaved this morning", would that be "Je me suis rase(?) ce matin" ? MFW
1 reply - Last post by Marie-Claire-Riviere - November 8, 2009
I don't seem to be able to find any reference to Passé Composé in the package. Has this tense been forgotten (I hope not, because it's continually referred to in all the other French instructional courses we use), or is it called something else? For exa...
9 replies - Last post by Marie-Claire-Riviere - September 6, 2009
Etre and Avoir in Perfect Past Tense
With Perfect Past Tense is there a way to know which verb of Etre or Avoir is used with the second verb other than memorizing every verb? Thank you, MFW
2 replies - Last post by MFW - September 1, 2009
Pour votre information.....Lorsque j'utilise les "MegaVerbs" j'ai remarqué qu'il y a des cas où l'audio me donne la réponse est fausse quand elle est correcte.
3 replies - Last post by Marie-Claire-Riviere - August 26, 2009
Bonjour, As I re-listen to the grammar pronunciations of the "Discover New French Words" under "Making Things Really Clear With Articles!" module, I seemed to get confused with "Les arbres" and "L'amour". To me it ...
2 replies - Last post by Anthony - August 3, 2009
I recently listened to an interview with Alizee a very popular young Corsican singer in France, and she seemed to use half negations... only (verb) pas. Is this something unique to the Corsican dialect or is it becoming a change on the French street with...
4 replies - Last post by Anthony - July 23, 2009
Hi, Lesson 1.8 runs nicely through the use of avoir with the various pronouns. It says that etre has already been covered but I can not see where it has been covered in the lessons before 1.8. Can you please tell me where it was done. Thanks, Rodney
1 reply - Last post by Marie-Claire-Riviere - July 8, 2009
I am having a hard time in finding out the appropriate times and words to use and are reflexive verbs. Is there any easy way to go about this?
0 replies - Last post by Tochy - June 16, 2009
What is the right way to talk about the future, are there any rules and does "Ça couterais vingt-deux euros" make sense
1 reply - Last post by Marie-Claire-Riviere - May 21, 2009
How could I distinguish on how and when to use each of these words; "les" and "Des".
1 reply - Last post by Marie-Claire-Riviere - April 29, 2009
Hi. I am a new man around. I hope this forum can help my French grow. The course is not bad at all. By the way, is there any sure-bet way or a useful guide to readily know which form of le or la a particular word takes. I find this a hurdle for now. Of c...
4 replies - Last post by Dee-Banson-08 - February 23, 2009