French language Q&A Forum

Why is it « nouvel » and not « neuf » when the raincoat would be brand new from the store? I thought neuf is for new, never been used, and nouvel is for been used but still pretty new.

Why is "quinze heures et quart" wrong for 3.15 pm

Thanks for the quick and definitive response Cecile.

Andrea

Fourth line - 'and'  instead of 'et'

......pendant lequel nous riions AND discutions tous dans un joyeux chaos.

Can you use s’intéresser à instead of être intéressé de?

In the writing challenge: Not the festival type, the translation given for "If I'd known how it would be" is  Si j'avais su  comment ça se passerait

May I know why  we use plus-que-perfect in the “Si” clause and a conditionnel present in the result clause?  Based on what I have learned in French grammar,  when the pluperfect tense is used in the “Si” clause,  the past conditional tense has to be used in the result clause. 

Is there one place where the pronunciation of "plus" is explained? I'm halfway through A1 and it seems sometimes the "s" is pronounced and other times not. I did a search but just came up with lots of individual cases. Are there any general rules stated in one place or is it all idiosyncratic except for the liaisons? Thanks!

I really enjoyed this short video and transcript, thank you for this Kwiziq. Can anybody answer the above for me please? I have recently moved to France and could really benefit from watching programs with accurate subtitles as i find Netflix etc really poor and i can't find any channels on TV with available subtitles. Can anybody recommend to me some good resources? Many thanks to all.