French language Q&A Forum

«Certaines d’entre elles ne comprenaient pas»

why we use l'imparfait instead of lle passé composé?

Does one say "Je n'aime pas de...." or "Je n'aime pas le/la/les/ce, etc?

thes dessert that she craves- why not que?

Hi.  I love these dictées.  Is there any way of getting access to more of them?

Thanks

Megan

Bonjour, Je peux poser une question s'il vous plaît. Pourquoi on utilise ce que ici et pas ce qui ? "On a du mal à comprendre ce que  représentent six millions de corps !"

It would be so helpful with exercises like this if we could slow the playback down. I play it 20 times and still struggle at times. 

Does anyone know of any websites where you can paste the sentence in and adjust the playback?

Thanks

Similarly, descendre d'un escalator or descendre un escalator?

Can we say go up/go down 1 floor in French:

Monter/descendre un étage  

Thank you.

My husband, who speaks French fluently, observed me agonizing over this en, dans, à, feminine / masculine countries, states, regions and cities and he laughed. He asked why I’m wasting my time memorizing trivia that won’t make a difference when it comes to having a conversation with a French person. He says nobody except a French teacher would give a rat’s ass if I made this mistake. It doesn’t prevent understanding or communicating.

The fact that I can’t advance to other lessons that will further my ability to communicate,  until I get this glitchy thing memorized, is very frustrating. It makes me afraid to even try to speak, for fear of making this kind of mistake.

Salut.

Il y a une différence entre écablousser et patauger?