French language Q&A Forum

Is there topic on negative with "Il ya a" Can't seem to find it.

Looking back through the Quick Lesson and the accompanying discussion I still can’t tell the difference between “none arrived” and “no one arrived”. Aren’t they just two ways of saying the same thing? (Albeit, the second being my preference.)

This appeared in a test question on Laura's site.

(If I was rich, I could travel a lot.).

Is this grammatically correct? No!

Shame!!!

In English there is a strong feeling to want to say “the period”. Below, the definite article is missing, so it’s just “période”. Is this just the way it is in French?

“se levait et se couchait en même temps que le Soleil du vingt-deux juillet au vingt-trois août, période pendant laquelle apparaissaient les fortes chaleurs.”

Is abricot not masculine? Why is it à l'abricot instead of au abricot? Thank you

Can we also use 'habituellement'?

I notice all the examples in this section refer to "ne pas". Can other negatives like rien and jamais be used?

Why do some countries not have an article stated?

And of course the poor old “domestique”. Don’t forget them! They make up an important part of the “coureur cyclistes” in the Tour and do lots of the tough work for their more glamorous team-mates but don’t get any of the glory. Thanks for the list. Enjoying watching highlights each evening here in Australia.