French language Q&A Forum

Consider...

1. "Paul should have left earlier."

As I understand it, both these sentences would be translated as "Paul aurait dû partir plus tôt", even though, in English, there is a difference in meaning. Is there a better way to translate #2 to convey the meaning that Paul was compelled to leave?

Is “accomoderont” missing an “m”? WordReference Dictionary only lists “accommoderont”. 

HI,

I have been reading the responses to the questions below. Am I correct to assume that the way to use the indefinite articles with negation is if it's a general statement?

For example. 

J'aime ni le café ni le thé 

Je veux ni fromage ni oignon

Merci

Nicole

Hello, I had to translate « I would like some more love in my life ». My understanding was that voudrais is used when I’m asking for something to be given to me, such as a drink or object, and aimerais is used when I would like something to happen as opposed to being given a physical object. However, this was marked wrong. Is using aimerais in this example very unnatural? Thank you!

The dictée is missing "mélange dans un moule".

I have no recollection of attempting this exercise.  Why has it appeared?  Thank you. 

What is the English translation for “histoire d’en profiter au maximum tant que ça dure.”

Merci

Hi,

The title reads, Autour du monde en moto, but in the first sentence of the text we are told to use "à" moto which actually seems correct since a motorcycle is an individual mode of transportation.  Maybe you could fix the title?

Why is this marked wrong? 

Hello,

When I looked up crayons in WordReference it showed "crayon gras" but not "crayon à la cire." Would crayons gras work here?