French language Q&A Forum

On the introductory page of the dictée "Rendez-vous pour le contrôle technique", the word is spelled 'defectueux'. But in the body of the exercise, in section four where it appears, it is spelled 'défecteux'.

j'ai faim pour la nourrive de mexicain ( i am hungry for mexican food).

did this make sense?

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

Why people says Qu'est-ce que c'est que + [something] if Qu'est-ce que + [something] means the same?

I agree with Frank. In the audio there are complete phrases which are missing: "une poule faite en chocolat au lait"; and "un lapin fait en chocolat noir".

Also, the written summary at the end doesn't match what is given during the lesson. The answers given don't use the expression, "fait de" but simply use "de". Which leads me to the next question:

The use of "faite de + chocolat au lait/chocolat noir". The lesson related to this states that to describe what something is made of "en" or "de" is used and with foods "a la" or "au" to describe a flavor. Why then is "fait en..." used rather than "une poule en chocolat au lait" for example? And, why "une poule de chocolat" rather than, "une poule en chocolat"?

And, why "un beau rubin dore" rather than "un beau rubin en or" ?

Merci pour votre reponse.

Why the n in n'arrive? Does this not now translate as 'before it happened'?

Elle les (découper) - I think should be ‘Elles les découpes’ with a direct plural object, n’est-ce pas?

Qu'est-ce que c'est [chose]?, Qu'est-ce que c'est que + [something] , Qu'est-ce que + [chose] all mean the same thing and they have the same level of formality, right? Am I understanding this correctly?

I think the more I listen to French, the worse I get...

I'm so depressed!