French language Q&A Forum

un pont ancien     .... d'une autre époque ......     n'est- ce pas?

un ancien pont        ... a former bridge ?????    selon mon livre de grammaire

What is the difference between les transports en commun and les transports publics?

when is une peinture un tableau?

'If you dont like sweet potatoe, there are other vegetables".  Surely these "other vegitables'' are a specific number of vegitables available for eating at that meal.  Not the whole vegetable kingdom.   So why not "des autres"?

Hello: Please, could someone tell me the difference in usage between "ou" and "où." I'm tripped up once again by the diacritical marks.

Thank you in advance to all kind and patient souls.

Cheers!

Kalpana 

How do we get better at French? 

Why is it 'Elle me rappelle Paula' rather than  'elle rappelle Paula à moi' ?

Bonjour, J'ai a entendu "cinquantaine", pas "cinquante". Ai-je raison ? - Allison

Hello. I answered the following exercise question incorrectly, selecting en instead of dans.

Les enfants sont ________ le métro.

It seems a few of the hints (la peinture, etc.) were one past the audio extract where they were needed.  Also, I find it unnecessary to correct punctuation, as where a comma should be placed is often not apparent from individual phrases unless you have the entire context.