French language Q&A Forum

Salut, pourquoi est-ce on utilise "etre" au lieu d'avoir dans la phrase dessous:

"je me suis soudain rendu compte que..."

Could you please explain the reason for the inversion of the negative "ne...rien" in this sentence?  Thank you.

"qui nous permettent entre autres de dater précisément des pigments."

Could you please explain why 'nous permettent' is used in the above sentence and not 'nous permettons'

Thank you 

On reading your post, and listening to this lesson, the 1st plus does have a soft "s" and the 2nd one is silent. After listening to Forvo and Reverso, I noted that they pronounced the "s" in the 1st plus with a Z sound.  Is this regional? Can you clarify please.

Est-ce-que une  moitié toujours feminine parce-que demi n'est pas,

More and more the Kwizik algorithm resembles a policeman hiding behind a bush in order to catch a speeding motorist. Please inform us if we haven't answered a question. A lot of the time it is accidental!???????????????

For "Lake Geneva" the hint given was that in French it is "le lac Leman/le lac de Genève" but the answer had "Lac" capitalised - "ses vues époustouflantes du Lac Léman/ du Lac de Genève". So wondering whether it was the hint or the answer that was correct, or whether both forms are allowed. Thanks.