French language Q&A Forum

In a quiz I just took, 'brilliant ' becomes 'brillamment'. Is this an irregular adverb? I note that 'patient' becomes "patiemment". I would appreciate your insight. 

I am really struggling to understand the difference between these as they are both used when there is a choice as What/Which.   I have read the lessons on these over and over but still consistently getting answers wrong.  I was wondering if someone could explain as simply as possible please!

Many thanks

Amanda

Are "l’autre soir" and "l’autre nuit" synonymous? Or different?

I wonder if the audio file for "Nous peignons ensemble" is correct.  It sounded like "peignions" to me, and it doesn't sound the same as in the youtube.  Or are there two different pronunciations for "peignons"?

2 allers-retours. But grand-mère, not grande-mère.

To go, come, climb down something. I don’t understand why a descendu doesn’t work for Jack climbing down the giant. The lesson seems to allow for it. Very confusing but not a phrase I’m likely to be using! 

Bonjour,

I have a question about saying pouvoir + infinitive of a verb. For example: Je peux parler Francais. Why does this translate to "I can speak French" when the verb Parker means TO speak? Wouldn't it translate to "I can to speak French"? Or do we always use the infinitive to express capabilities? What else would we use the infinitive form for? Merci beacoup!

lol this story. 

J’a lu aujourd’hui que le Président Trump a dit, « Quand je publierai ma déclaration financière, [...] elle ne prouvera qu’une chose : que je suis beaucoup plus riche que ce que les gens pensaient. » Je ne comprends pas pourquoi on a besoin de ce que dans ce sentence.  Merci.