French language Q&A Forum

How do you know when to drop the subject? (Apart from a feeling) 

Such as: "Parlez plus lentement", nôtres "Parlez vous..."

bien or bon?

I could understand, «c'est bon» «c'est bien» and «être bien + adv.» such as le contraire est bien documenté

But «être bien (alone)»?

I'm confused by 'si vous pouviez ajouter' above which I'm not sure how to translate. I would have said 'si vous pourriez ajouter': 'if you would/could add'

The quiz question was Lucas a monté la nouvelle armoire de sa sœur

How is this different from Lucas a monté les escaliers?

In otherwords, why is "Lucas climbed on top of his sister's new wardrobe" incorrect?

Thank you

Bonjour

In the video where it states that amour is masculine and amours is feminine there is an example ... de grandes amours.

Why is  de and not des

Can someone please explain the second part of this sentence (in the "Tip" box of the lesson)? I'm not clear what "...and not regardless of which, like with verbs such as..." part of the sentence means.

You won't use this in Indirect Speech where whether = if and not regardless of which, like with verbs such as se demander (to wonder) or savoir (to know). 

"l'hombre de grands arbres"  was my answer and it was wrong because I had omitted the "s" from des.  Can anyone explain why in this case one should keept the "s" on des?

I put ...ne sois intending it to be the ne explétif.  And it marked it as wrong. So I got the subjunctive bit right at least. Why is it not the ne explétif?

Thanks

Ma soeur n'aime personne = My sister likes nobody. 

Can't this also mean My sister loves nobody, or how do you express the idea of loving someone/no-one?