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se décliner v. disponible

I've seen "disponible" many times in commerce.  I've just seen the dictionary definition of "se décliner" and one use is the same -- "to be…

Started by alan gould in French Grammar

1 May 23, 2013
Reply by Florian Chanonat

best to use reflexive verb?

I saw "It's hardly noticeable, you can barely see it" translated as  "Ça s'aperçoit à peine."   I looked for it elsewhere and found "c’est…

Started by alan gould in French Grammar

2 May 23, 2013
Reply by Florian Chanonat

se détacher

With regard to clothes/shoes, I would use it if a button or buckle actually came off.  But the dictionary has it as "to come undone."  I wo…

Started by alan gould in French Grammar

1 May 23, 2013
Reply by Florian Chanonat

Day and week before last and after next

What is the French for: day before yesterday day after tomorrow week before last week after next Thanks!

Started by Annette Gates in French Grammar

23 May 23, 2013
Reply by Florian Chanonat

Some French words that are similar to Welsh

Bonjour a tous! As I am learning more French, I am starting to notice a lot of French words that are similar to their Welsh equivalents b…

Started by Jon Head in French Grammar

5 May 23, 2013
Reply by Jon Head

"Ton ancien famille d'accueil"

I was watching a (québecois) movie the other night wherein a foster mother, speaking to one of her charges, refers to "ton ancien famille d…

Started by Sphere in French Grammar

2 May 23, 2013
Reply by Sphere

Play on words question

Hi, all.  I'm rather novice with French, but I have a wordplay question.  My understanding is that the term "Train de vie" translates as "w…

Started by Josh Sauerman in French Grammar

2 May 23, 2013
Reply by Josh Sauerman

privilégier

I believe I read this sentence in the french version of wikipedia about berlin:  "on a privilégié les lignes de métro."   It means "to fa…

Started by alan gould in French Grammar

3 May 22, 2013
Reply by Vedas

English to French translation help, please

Hello, Could you please help me translate the following to French?  It's the current tourism slogan of the country. It's more fun in the…

Started by Juan dela Cruz in Translation Help

4 May 21, 2013
Reply by Juan dela Cruz

aïeul

There are apparently two plural forms: aïeux and aïeul(e)s. Which is which?

Started by george willms in French Grammar

1 May 21, 2013
Reply by George Hunt

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