French language Q&A Forum

Est-ce que les français emploient souvent des mots comme "petit" devant quand. Par exemple, pourrais-je écrire "Saoul, quand j'ai bu trop de vin, je ne me sens pas bien"

If we had a dog, is same as.. if we were to have a dog, which would seem to be imperfect, not passé composé. You have trained us to use imperfect in this situation:  Si nous avions un chien.......

Grégoire

My understanding is that in French "menu" is the word for the chalkboard list of daily specials.  And "carte" is the paper list of all the items that the restaurant can serve.  I used "à la carte" in this exercise.  I guess Kwiziq is not making that distinction in A1.  Or, I am under a false impression.

Wow this was really helpful, I played it over and over and can see marked improvement in listening comprehension. 

Isn’t the pronunciation rather è than é, since ai says è, such as in j’ai and j’aime.

In this exercise you prefer 'partir' (to go) over 'quitter' (to leave).  But 'quitter' seems to be the more relevant in the context.  Am I wrong?

This is given as an alternative. Does it have any meaning/use?

Could you add some clarification re: wedding bells, baseball cap, tennis racquet, door knob, golf club, soccer ball, soccer field, sunglasses, Christmas tree, water tank, bus stop, fire truck, etc.

By your lesson, these should all be “à” (what something is designed for), but in fact this whole genre is “de”.

Specifically, why is it “boîte à bijoux” and not “boîte de bijoux” ? Other than convention.

Clearly, these are not just a few exceptions, but an entire class of compound nouns (open form, noun+noun) that is not covered in the lesson.

Thank you.