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Help with a Valentine's Day note.

I would like to add a note in a Valentine's Day card to a friend and would like to say "my pretty nurse" or "my lovely nurse" in French. Si…

Started by Dave Hanes in French Dictionary / Vocabulary

2 Feb 14, 2015
Reply by Vedas

Conditional mood

Bonjour! Is this the correct use of the conditional mood? Has it been used correctly? The context is encouraging young people/school childr…

Started by Euan Allatt in French Grammar

3 Feb 13, 2015
Reply by Vedas

Parallelism rule

In the following, which noun is the subject of "a été prise" ? Le photojournaliste danois .... Elle montre un jeune couple homosexuel dans…

Started by Robert in French Grammar

8 Feb 13, 2015
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Il faut with complex expressions

The set expression "Il faut" usually precedes an infinitive : Il faut manger. Il faut dormir. Il faut appliquer la loi. Is that simple co…

Started by Robert in French Grammar

3 Feb 12, 2015
Reply by Robert

Help translating a sentence - Kant

There's a sentence about the philosopher Kant - "sa primauté exclusivement philosophique interdisait une popularité générale et tapageuse".…

Started by Joseph Cronin in Translation Help

10 Feb 12, 2015
Reply by Joseph Cronin

Milord

Salut! Pourquoi il y a une forme "vous asseoir à ma table" dans les paroles de chanson de Édith Piaf? Devrait on être "asseyez"? Pardon my…

Started by Janek in French Grammar

14 Feb 6, 2015
Reply by Sandra

TRANSLATION

Hi Neil. Am working through a pattern for a child's coat translating from french. Try as I might I can't get a translation for 'Couper a Cr…

Started by Adidas in French Grammar

14 Feb 6, 2015
Reply by Adidas

Key Student

Can "ce" be used personally in informal use?

I know that informally “ce” can be used in place of “il” in impersonal use, so we can say “C'est difficile d'apprendre une langue étrangère…

Started by Curt Jugg in French Grammar

9 Feb 1, 2015
Reply by Vedas

accuracy of google translate liaisons

Is google Translate pretty accurate when it comes to pronunciation of liaisons?

Started by Marcus Trawick in Translation Help

9 Jan 25, 2015
Reply by Marcus Trawick

Interpretation based on context

Would you help: in the passage below, what does 'là aussi' refer to? I guess it means "in China also," but am not sure that makes sense. A…

Started by Robert in French Grammar

10 Jan 24, 2015
Reply by Robert

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