French language Q&A Forum

Like some others I find this lesson confusing in parts, mainly because in English neither ‘waiting for’ nor ‘expecting’ have intrinsically positive or negative connotations; they’re neutral (IMHO after speaking English for 70 years). So if some uses of attendre do have emotional connotations that needs spelling out. But not if it is ‘usually (but not always)’ positive or negative, that doesn’t help. Surely the context will tell us what the emotional content is, if any? Merci

If a tangerine is "une mandarine" in French, as per this lesson, what is a mandarin in French? Is it "une tangerine"?  (which would be quite confusing to English speakers)

Hi all I used ( tandis que ) instead of pendant que, in the first line.  and it marked it as an erreur. any explanation for that please?.thanks.

Hi, 

Thanks,

Martina

Checking a couple of points

Both 'shampoing' and 'shampooing' are formally accepted and used spellings, but the latter is being 'corrected' to the former here. 

A 'bottle' of shampoo is mostly advertised and sold as 'un flacon' - ' j'ai fini le flacon ' is not accepted as correct though. 

https://www.dictionnaire-academie.fr/article/A9S1514-A

https://www.carrefour.fr/p/shampoing-cheveux-normaux-carrefour-soft-3560070965137 

https://www.e.leclerc/fp/dercos-psolution-shampooing-traitant-keratoreducteur-3337875787222

J'aime Paris en été ! Why is it not correct ?