French language Q&A Forum

In the question "I went back to see her." I replied J'ai retourné la voir. Wrong.

Whenever I check on some verb sites for the passé composé for Retourner it gives me Avoir as the auxiliary. How do I determine when this type of verb uses  être or when it uses avoir?

....and like other dogs of his breed.

I wrote "son espèce" but was corrected to cette espèce.

Is this the way it is written in french?

I think "deuxième" is in the adjective list that can be placed before the noun.

But in the answer told me the below phrase is incorrect. Can you tell me why?

ma maison deuxième

À la bibliothèque

I answered.......... à moins que ce NE SOIT un peu trop long?

The correct response was....... à moins que ce SOIT un peu trop long?

I thought "à moins que" was followed by the ne explétif?

Je suis desolee. Les vaches ont une vie terrible.

Why do you say je ne joue pas du piano instead of je ne joue pas de piano? Is this correct and if so why, please?

This fellow doesn't do any linking at all. Where does he live? What's his excuse for not saying C'est tun livre? I know some linking is facultatif, but "C'est un" would seem to be a no-brainer.

Why is "He's thinking of her" - Il pense à elle instead of Il lui pense?

If someone were to ask the question "Pense-il a Marie?" Would the answer be "Oui, il lui pense."  

It would be great to add a summary of the types of adjectives that go before - namely beauty, age, goodness, size. This would help to quickly remember this list. 

Hi there;

One of your examples reads: "On est montés dans la voiture après vous."

Is the "s" on "montés" an error?