French language Q&A Forum

Hello, I am a hard of hearing person and I am struggling with the speed of the dictées.  I realise we need to hear the texts at a normal speed but is there any way to slow them down for me to hear them more clearly & then progress to normal speed?  This would make a BIG difference for me.  Many thanks.

In a test I was asked to write: Patrick feels bad in this moment. I wrote Patrick se sens mal en ce moment. I was wrong because the answer was Patrick va mal... But is se sens not also correct?

Is it true that you use the présent de l'indicatif when you want to express a historical fact in French? 

I am still trying to figure out when to use "de" vs du or de la. In the sentence "qui a servi de résidence papal....." Why is it not "de la" as this seems to be a very specific thing and not a general category.

Thanks in advance

Bonjour!

J'habite à  New York City pour l'instant. 

 Je souhaite bientôt voyager à Paris et rencontrer des français à New York. Je suis dans ce voyage d'apprentissage du français depuis environ 6 mois maintenant et je sais que même si je prends des pauses, cela n'aura pas d'importance parce que je suis tellement passionné par l'apprentissage de la langue et de la culture.

Royce Bandora, 19 yo

For the sentence "In this beautiful and lively city," I answered "Dans cette belle ville vivante," which was not accepted. Can you explain why as elsewhere it seems to be an accepted translation?

I gave the answer "ne soit" but the correct answer is "n'y ait". Also in the examples there are egs of both avoir and être in the subjunctive but I don't understand what is governing the choice. Also what does the "y" signify in the answer?

Hi, with s'en aller I get the meaning of an action of going away or just gone away, so quite different from the passé composé but,whereas the passé composé is very structured and always uses the same past participle for the verb the s'en aller expression seems to vary eg je m'en vais,tu t'en vas, giving the idea of a present tense action or an imperfect,IE I/you are going away/have just gone away BUT nous nous sommes est allé  and presumably vous vous étes est allé use the past participle of aller. So ,the question is,does this alter the meaning in any way and is it just a grammatical irregularity which has to be learned.?

Bonjour

I wonder what is the reason on its incorrect.

Is it because that it's too formal?

Merci~

I would LOVE to not have points deducted because of punctuation...one can't always tell when listening, especially when a dash is before the phrase. One could read the punctuation after the exercize. Also, I find grading myself a waste of time and wish I could skip it.