French language Q&A Forum

Could you please explain why the sentence « Alors, reste avec nous et sois notre soeur. »* appears to be using the subjunctive form of être if there is no "que" before it. It makes sense that "stay with us"  is in the imperative and "be our sister" is subjunctive in that it is a desire/hope/want. Is this just a special case or have I misunderstood the grammar?

*Quote from a traditional fairytale.

Thank you for making this available! This is a fantastic resource!

Hello - in the exercise it says:.....on a bu notre café sur la terrasse. 

Further down in the Q&A, White asked about the difference between 'sur la terrasse' and 'en  terrasse'. 

Céline's answer seems to suggest that the exercise above is incorrect. 

Have I understood correctly i.e. saying 'sur la terrasse' implies that something is actually physically on the terrace and so in effect, the extract should read: .... on a bu notre café en terrasse. ( One would assume that they were sitting on chairs on the terrace and not directly on the surface of the terrace as would be the case of a pot plant etc as per Céline's examples.)

If my understanding is correct, should the exercise not be corrected to say 'en terrasse' instead of 'sur la terrasse' ?

For the phrase

I'd been following his career since the release of C.R.A.Z.Y. in 2005.

The answer was 

Je suivais sa carrière depuis la sortie de C.R.A.Z.Y. en 2005. 

But could it also be

J'avais été suivi sa carrière depuis la sortie de C.R.A.Z.Y. en 2005

I just realized that qui is used for living things,  trick question eh

The answer “et j’ai toujours été très romantique”. Could you explain why this isn’t in the imparfait tense? “j’étais toujours…. ?

Marc aime les film’s dr Dwayne “the Rock” Johnson

In the list of words to be familiar with at the beginning of this exercise, "nutmeg" (the last word given) is included for some reason.

In the last sentence,  you give the hint, match.  I interpreted this hint as suggesting the use of the French word, match, for the English word, game, in the English version of the sentence.  Obviously, I was wrong.  Perhaps there is another suggestion that would be less ambiguous?