French language Q&A Forum

Why don't we need to put 'être' in front of the word 'sale' and 'en bataille'?

Where do I put the negative with lui/leur? For example:"No, I don't write to him."

Would this be "Non, je ne lui écris pas" or "Non, je lui n'écris pas"? I don't know if the negative surrounds the pronoun too.

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Can we say il y avait beaucoup de "personnes" instead of "gens"?

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Quelle est la différence entre ces deux expressions et pour-quoi faut-il utiliser "rencontrer" au lieu de "faire la connaissance"? 

Is "demie" feminine form (with the "e") because heure is feminine?  Merci.

Checking whether these words are interchangeable, or whether there are nuances we should know about:

Parfois vs quelquefois 

mare vs. étang vs bassin 

morceaux de tomate vs pièces de tomate

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The monster revealed sharp white canines. I had to guess, wrong, since I had no idea nor could I find it anywhere online whether canines is masc or fem. What’s a good source for checking word gender when it’s not obvious? The lesson doesn’t address this of course. Thanks.