French language Q&A Forum

Why are certain words (like five billion) written in plural while other words (like two thousand) are written in singular? 

In other questions to watch a film is regarder. Why is to have seen a film voir, as opposed to have watched? Are btye interchageable or not?

Why has the Passé Composé been used to translate "Sébastien and I have always loved sailing" and "I have always been fascinated by..." ? There is nothing to suggest these actions/emotions have finished, and in fact they are apparently ongoing due to the word "always", but the imperfect is not given as the translation. Thank you.

Bonjour! I am perplexed, in the following sentence "On se disait pas le temps, pas envie, pas longtemps" Is "se" functioning as a direct or indirect object? I am thinking direct "We told ourselves"...?

Hello team. 

In the writing challenge, 'when my dad and I would get up at the crack of dawn', is translated as 'où mon papa et moi nous levions aux aurores' . 

Please explain why the reflexive is not used here as in 'où mon papa et moi nous nous levions aux aurores' ?

After all, the verb 'se lever' is reflexive, right?

Thank you 

The question is make "Elle s'est maquillée" negative. The following two responses each have a spelling mistake but one is considered "nearly right" and the other is considered incorrect. The answers are "S'est-elle maquillee" and "S'est-elle maquillé". I don't see the difference in the context of the question! Why aren't both "nearly right"?