French language Q&A Forum

Why is fut used in the above, rather than était.To the best of my knowledge, we have not been introduced to the Historic?

Does Tout ce dont also have the same meanings - [everything that/ all that], or is there any additional meaning to it?? Please confirm. Also a few examples would be great.

'anything that' is also an additional meaning?

(of course that the context will differ with the inclusion of de in 'tout ce dont', than 'tout ce qui' and 'tout ce que')

In the audio for “Mais la ville essaie de prendre des initiatives écolos.” it sounds to me like a conjugated “prend” (i.e. silent “d”, so sounds like “pren”), instead of the infinitive “prendre”.

Could the postman say “je fais un boulot important”?

The sentence refers to buying a "region".  To me, that implies a rather large estate with a fancy house and well-kept grounds.  My dictionary gives 'terres' as the preferred choice over 'domaine' when referring to lands.  Should this option not be added?  If not, why is domaine preferred?

Correct: Il est allé visiter une maison.

Incorrect: Il est allé à visiter une maison.

Can someone explain please? Thanks

Hi, just to let you know, there are three occasions in this exercise where there is “mille-sept-cent…” in the audio, but “dix-sept-cent…” in the text”.

"Parvenir" goes with être and "Convenir" goes with avoir (unlike venir) in Passé composé?? Same goes for "Survenir" (goes with être) and "Subvenir" (goes with avoir). Where can I find all such cases of Venir??? The list given on Kwiziq does not have these verbs - https://kwiziq.learnfrenchwithalexa.com/revision/grammar/verbs. Please help.

whats the difference and which one is correct

Le chocolat plaît à Martha.

Le chocolat  te plaît 

it is really confusing

In the sentence,"Selon les témoins que j'ai interviewés, et aussi incroyable que cela paraisse, un hélicoptère se serait posé dans la cour de promenade de la prison et La Fuite serait monté à bord avant qu'il ne redécolle, tout ça en quelques minutes à peine !", I don't understand the use of the present tense of redécoller when we are discussing something that happened in the past in particular when it is preceded by two past perfect verbs, se poser and monter.  Also, why is ne inserted before redécoller?