French language Q&A Forum

I wrote  préférerais, but it was corrected to  préfèrerais. I looked up the dictionaries, and the former is given a s correct.

I've seen the use of ne (without pas etc). I've seen it with the subjunctive but also I think in another context. What does this mean and when do you use it?

I know on Lawless site there are lots of conjugation tables (thank you). It would be great to have conjugator table quizzes (by level) where some of the answers are missing and you have to fill them in. Even just for the most common verbs. Just a suggestion really. 

Despite studying some references given to me by Maarten, I still erred in choosing the wrong past tense for the translation of "Hi Charlotte, have you been following the Cannes Festival this year?".  I interpreted 'has been following' (past progressive, I think, in English) as a continuing action throughout the year, hence imperfect tense.  If you had said " Did you follow the Cannes Festival this year", I think I would have chosen passé composé.   Still a bit confused.

I think the explanation for avoir envie de vomir needs to be amended to say that this can be expressed using avoir besoin de as well as using devoir. Having studied the lesson, I assumed you could only use avoir envie de. 

Hi,

The word game is not really very helpful to revise the words. Can you add simple tests that evaluate from English to French and French to English? Always with the articles of course 😊. 

Thanks

Question on a test: “What are all the possible ways to say 3 o’clock”  Marked incorrect for NOT choosing the following highlighted answer. Why do I need “de l’après-midi” if I am using “quinze”? Isn’t it obvious that I am speaking of the afternoon?

This rule's main aim is to make sure the pronunciation is always [toot] in the feminine. Indeed, in front of a vowel and mute 'h', the last 't' of tout is pronounced because of the liaison, hence no need for the extra 'e'.

Is this saying that the extra e is optional, or is this a rule?

Many thanks 

Alison

Rather than using "je dois aussi acheter...," I used "il faut que j'aussi achète...." It marked me incorrect and didn't have my translation as an option. Is mine actually wrong?

Is there a list of verbs that are followed by "a" ?....  such as demanded