French language Q&A Forum

Hi,

I did yesterday's 'fill-in-the-blanks' exercise entitled, 'Un projet de voyage en famille' which consists of putting verbs au futur simple. 

Kwiziq dinged me for writing, "Les filles se bronzeront à la plage pendant que je nagerai." Kwiziq wanted, "Les filles bronzeront à la plage ..." ; no 'se'. 

When l checked dictionaries, l found that some included 'se bronzer' and some did not. Which is interesting.  And,  two key French dictionaries validated 'se bronzer' as being a valid option for 'to tan' : Le Dictionnaire de l'Académie française (online) and Larousse, https://www.larousse.fr 

I wonder, might some consideration be given to adding 'se bronzer' to Kwiziq's database? Thanks.

I am confused about the difference between c'est and il y a. I thought (perhaps incorrectly) that il y a was used for general things (il y a un tour), but c'est used for specific things (c'est le tour Eiffel). Where am I going wrong? 

Est-ce que c'est possible d'écrire "Je n'ai fait rien", ç'est-a-dire, mettre le "rien" de la négation à la fin de la phrase ? Je crois avoir entendu qu'avec ce mot c'est possible mais Kwiziq ne me l'a pas permis.

Nous nous aimons

means

1)we love each other

2)we love ourselves

The recommended translation of 'It [the year] started with the biggest heartache of my life' is 'Elle a commencé avec la plus grosse peine de cœur de ma vie'.

Is there a reason why 'avec' is preferred over 'par' in this sentence?

The example cited in the page of instruction regarding ''Expressing intervals of dates and times in French = from ... to' is 'The festival lasts from the 24th of July to the 5th of August'/'Le festival dure du 24 juillet au 5 août'. 

I am therefore puzzled by the answer to the fill-in the-blank question 'Le festival dure ________ mai/The festival lasts from the third to the tenth of May'. My answer was 'du troisième au dixième', while the answer provided as a correction was 'du trois au dix'

Perhaps I'm being stupid, but my answer seems to follow the example better than the correction. Where is my error?

Vous êtes un amateur de vin

 Vous êtes un amoureux du vin

Bonsoir

Pourquoi dans phrase 1 de vin

et dans phrase 2 du vin

Merci en avance