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Idioms

This quote is from a turn-of-the-century fantasy about pirates coming across a city, where everyone and everything is in suspended animatio…

Started by Joanne Russo in Translation Help

12 Sep 30, 2014
Reply by George Hunt

C'est or ce sont and adjectival agreements.

Could somebody tell me if the following are correct please and why?  J'aime les sciences et les maths, à mon avis c'est très utile (or) ce…

Started by Sunshine in French Grammar

9 Sep 28, 2014
Reply by Neil Coffey

sont/est?

Do we say A mon avis je pense que les maths sont interessants or A mon avis je pense que les maths est interessant or A mon avis je pense q…

Started by Sunshine in French Grammar

1 Sep 26, 2014
Reply by George Hunt

c'est or il/elle est

I am confused as I have found the following sentences in a text book. J'aime ma chambre parce qu'elle est grande and J'aime la techno parc…

Started by Sunshine in French Grammar

3 Sep 25, 2014
Reply by George Hunt

Capitalization in French

Hi, Can anyone please tell me what is the correct way to capitalize the following: 1) Ingrédients: acide citrique. or: 2) Ingrédients: Aci…

Started by David Spivak in French Grammar

2 Sep 22, 2014
Reply by Lionel

'à' ou 'de' , quand?

Dans ce qui suit, peut-on remplacer les prépositions 'à' et 'de' l'un par l'autre? Si non, pourquoi? Ce livre est difficile à lire. Il est…

Started by Robert in French Grammar

7 Sep 21, 2014
Reply by Robert

Word for 'cultured' in French? Other words that are essentially untranslatable?

I'm looking for a word that means someone is refined. It is not 'cultivé.' My teacher was speaking about it, and I cannot remember what it…

Started by Patrick Keely in French Grammar

5 Sep 21, 2014
Reply by susan klee

Where did "aussi" go?

I've been watching TV5Monde on my cable tv for about a year.  I have never yet heard the word "aussi" being used, either by the news profes…

Started by tom murray in French Grammar

3 Sep 21, 2014
Reply by susan klee

Ne...que

I understand the structure 'Ne ... que' is for 'nothing but (this)' or 'only (this)' But in this statement by François Hollande (Le Monde),…

Started by Robert in French Grammar

7 Sep 20, 2014
Reply by Robert

À toutes et à tous

Is the expression 'à toutes et à tous' just a set phrase, or else is there some significant differences if one might put it simply: À tout…

Started by Robert in French Grammar

5 Sep 20, 2014
Reply by Vedas

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