French language Q&A Forum

Can you tell me why it's "avoir à passer du temps" rather than "avoir passer du temps"?  From the lessons I would think the version without "à" would express "having to spend".

Also, in the last phrase it is difficult to understand whether  they wanted a phrase to describe that he would become  a person who translates any language instantly or he would instantly become a universal translator. Are those two things written differently?

En plus, est-ce que c’est “Vivement” devant un nom pour “I can’t wait »? J’ai hâte de voir le printemps! Vivement le printemps! 

Not sure why - it does not seem a particularly unusual word to use in this context ?

It is interesting just how many words French has for 'annoying'!

Is there a deal for family members who want to get Premium plans at the same time? 

I translated "to be honest" as "à vrai dire" instead of "pour être honnête" but it wasn't accepted. Is there a difference between the two?

Also, my dictionary suggested repérer for "to spot," i.e., "je l'ai repéré par la baie..." Does this not work?

In the sentence - Comment as-tu réussi à réserver une table dans un restaurant aussi chic ?' - could the word si be used as an alternative to aussi?

La traduction de " students were welcomed by..." n' est-elle pas "furent accueillis" au lieu de "ont été accueillis" ?

Hi,
how do we know when a nationality used in a sentence is an adjective or a noun?
thank you

Can we say Avons-nous to mean "Have we" rather that "Est-ce'qu on a " ?

Kevin

In the exercise "Hanoucca dans ma famille (Vocabulaire)", it is spelled "hanoukkia" with two k's. Are both spellings correct, or just one? Thank you!