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Pourquoi dit-on "écrire DE la main gauche" et ne pas "écrire AVEC la main gauche"? Merci beaucoup!

16 years ago

Dit-on "je cuis dîner" où "je fais cuire dîner"? Merci de votre aide!

16 years ago

Could you please tell me the following: if it is a group of all women talking, do you still say: "nous sommes venus" or is it "nous sommes venues" ??? Thank you so very much!

16 years ago

On a French site I saw the sentence: "elles nous ont écoutées" but I thought that when "avoir" is the auxiliary verb there is no adjustment for gender. Should it not have been: "elles nous ont écouté"?? Merci en avance!

16 years ago

Bonjour, I know that "I would like to have a book" translates to: "je voudrais avoir un livre" But if I would like to say that I would HAVE LIKED to have a book, would it be: "j'ai voudrais avoir un livre"???? And, if so, how is it for the other pronouns?...

16 years ago

Could you please check these sentences and also let me know which one is correct for #2 1)Yesterday my father worked a lot. Hier, mon père a travaillé beaucoup. 2)Where did your fahter work? is it: où ton père a travaillé? or: où a ton père travaillé? or:...

16 years ago

Could you please tell me how to say "all in all" in French. It snowed a bit more during the night but all in all it's not very much. Il a neigé un peu plus pendant la nuit mais "all in all" il n'est pas beaucoup. Thank you so much!

16 years ago

Could you please tell me how to properly say "I have five fingers on one hand" "j'ai cinq doigts à une main"???? I am not sure about the "à"; it wouldn't be "sure" - right? Thank you!

16 years ago

Sorry to get back to my most recent question. First of all I realized that I had made a typing error in the last sentence. It should have read "SUR" instead of "sure" I had been asked to translate "I have five fingers on one hand" but I was not certain ab...

16 years ago

I would like to wish all the teachers/professors at Jiskha a very Merry Christmas ( and "Happy Holiday" to those who maybe celebrate a holiday other than Christmas) and lots of health, happiness and prosperity for the coming year. I would also like to tak...

16 years ago

Bonjour! Pourriez-vous me dire, s'il vous plait, comment on dit le suivant en français? "As to the French language, at this point I find it easier to read and write French than to speak it." Quant à la langue française, en ce moment je le toruve plus faci...

16 years ago

In my book the answer to: "Why does he learn rapidly" is: "il apprend rapidement parce que est intelligent." My answer would have been: "Il apprend rapidement parce qu'il est intelligent." Would the double usage of "il" in the same sentence be wrong (redu...

16 years ago

Could you please give me the English translation for "je dormais"(imparfait) and "je dormisse"(imparfait du subjunctif) The translator site gives me "I slept" for both.That couldn't be right, could it??! Merci beaucoup!

16 years ago

I am so sorry, I know I have asked that question before but I still do not see the difference between those two sentences. In my book it says: "Nous avons besoin des nombres pour le commerce." and then it says: "Nous avons besoin de nombres pour désigner...

16 years ago

If "j'espère" requires the subjunctive, then it would be wrong to say: "j'espère que tu es bien" ? I would need to say:"j'espère que tu sois bien" ???? Merci en avance!

16 years ago

Is it: je serai chez toi dans dix minutes. (I will be by you in ten minutes) Je viendrai à toi (?) demain. (I will come to you tomorrow) Merci!!!

16 years ago

Pourriez-vous me dire, s'il vous plait, quand on dit "demeurer" et quand "habiter"? je demeure (à) Paris ? j'habite (à) Paris ? Merci beaucoup!

16 years ago

Je sais qu'on peut dire: "Je dois aller avec ma mère" mais serait-il correct aussi de dire: "il faut que je vais avec ma mère"???

16 years ago

Hello! I thought that I understood the passé composé well; that "être" verbs need to agree with gender and number but "avoir" verbs do not. I took a short quiz and had several questions wrong. Could you please explain this to me (as simply as possible, pl...

16 years ago

Bonjour! Est-ce qu'on dit: "je ne parle que anglais" OR "je ne parle que l'anglais"??? I am still not sure when to say "français" and when "le français". e.g. in my book it says: "Oui, madame, il parle bien le français" why couldn't one say: "Il parle bie...

16 years ago

Instead of "je ne parle qu'anglais" could I also say "je parle seulment anglais"? Which would be more correct? And if I would like to say "I do not speak any english" would I say: "je ne parle aucun anglais"??? Thank you again for all your patience with m...

16 years ago

On dit, je crois, "vous ne m'avez pas compris: (you did not understand me). But, if I want to say "Didn't you understand me", is it: "ne m'avez-vous pas compris?" Merci!!

16 years ago

Are "sous" "au-dessous de" synonyms? Could I say: "le chien dort sous la table" (the dog sleeps under the table) and also: "le chien dort au-dessous de la table"?? Somehow I like the sentence with "sous" better. Also: which is correct? "je te n'aime pas"...

16 years ago

1) Since it is "je t'ai aimé" would the negation be "je ne t'ai pas aimé"?? 2) Is the negation of "je t'aime" "je ne t'aime pas"? (It wouldn't be "je te n'aime pas" right? Somehow that doesn't sound correct to me.) Thank you sooooooooo much!!

16 years ago

Am I correct in assuming that the "p" in the word "compter" (je compte) is not pronounced? I tried an audio dictionary but couldn't understand it well. Merci!!!

16 years ago

I just read the following in one of my books: "Je suis importateur d'objets d'art de France et du Maroc." I am wondering why it is "du Maroc" but not "de la France". Thank you for your explanation.

16 years ago

Could you please tell me when I need to use:"Je ferai un voyage en France" and when "Je vais faire un voyage en France" I know both of these forms express the future (and I know the English translation for both), but when should one use which? Also, I kno...

16 years ago

I know that "prendre" and "emporter"(for portable items) both mean "to take" but somehow I have the feeling that they are not synonymous. Is it correct to say: "je prends un livre de la table"(I take a book from the table) but "j'emporte un livre à l'écol...

16 years ago

I thought I understood this but now I read a couple of conflicting sentences; could you please check this and correct the errors? 1) je vois ma soeur je LA vois 2) je vois mon frère je LE vois 3) je parle avec ma soeur je parle avec ELLE je parle à ma soe...

16 years ago

I think that perhaps it would be great if I could take a look at the review sheets that you mentioned, if it is not too much trouble. Thank you for all your help!

16 years ago

Bonjour et Joyeux Pâques! Could you please check the following; my question concerns the use of LEUR and LEURS I know that it is "leur voiture" and "leurs enfants" but I would like to clarify the sentences below: 1) je LEUR donne quelque chose 1a) je LEUR...

16 years ago

Difference between "qui est-ce qui" and "qui est-ce que" and also between "qu'est-ce qui" and "qu'est-ce que" 1) who is there - qui est-ce qui est là 2) what is there - qu'est-ce qui est là 3) whom do you see - qui est-ce que tu vois? 4) what do you see -...

16 years ago

Bonjour, Mme! Pourriez-vous me dire comment on dit "cookies" en français, s'il vous plaît? J'ai essayé un "translator site" en quelque langues differentes; une fois il me dit "gâteaux" une autre fois "biscuits" . Mais "gâteaux" sont des "cakes", n'est-ce...

16 years ago

I would like to know if there is an explanation for why "70" is soixante-dix and not "septante"; "80" quatre-vingt and not "huitante", etc. Merci beaucoup!

16 years ago

Could you please clarify the pronounciation-matter with the word SEPT? In my book it states that the final consonants of the numbers 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 are silent before a word beginning with a consonant. One of the examples it gives is: sept plumes (se...

16 years ago

Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays and all the very best for 2010 to all the wonderful teachers. Thank you for all your help!!!

15 years ago

Many of your questions had to do with CASES; in German there are three genders (masculine, feminine and neutral) and the CASES for them are as follows: MASCULINE: nominative - DER Vater ist groß the father is big genitive - der Hut DES Vaters ist neu the...

15 years ago

Just in case you didn't see my correction to your earlier post, I am repeating it here. Because the gender for "Mädchen" is neutral, you need to replace "sie" with "es" throughout your story. "Es war einmal ein junges Mädchen. Es war sehr talentiert." If...

15 years ago

Could you please tell my why it is: "Une vraie joie de vivre habite cette famille" and not: "Une vraie joie de vivre vit cette famille" Merci beaucoup!

15 years ago

Could you please tell me if I placed these commas correctly? 1) With all this rain, I, too, am beginning to miss the sunshine. 2) They predicted a nice weekend, though. 3) Luckily, it isn't cold. Thank you.

15 years ago

One more question, please. I know it is commonly accepted to say, for example: He is taller than her. But isn't that grammatically incorrect? Should it not be: He is taller than she (is) Thank you!

15 years ago

I know that a peneplain is a flat area due to erosion, but what is the term for a flat area due to deposition? I am generally very successful with searching the internet, but I could not find the term I am looking for. Could you please help? Thank you!

15 years ago

Thank you so much Ms. Sue and merci beaucoup SraJMcGin. I have found the term I was searching for; it is BAJADA.

15 years ago

I do not generally play online games, but I have come across two that I think are not only fun, but educational as well. Would I be allowed to mention their names here? (One has to do with words, the other with geography.)

15 years ago

I have done some extensive research on the various "-nyms", but I am still a bit unsure about the difference between EPONYM and TOPONYM. Am I correct, that an eponym is a person whom a place is named after, and a toponym a place named after a person or an...

15 years ago

"Athena" is an eponym and "athenian" a toponym, but is there also a "-nym" for "Athens"?

15 years ago

After having studied all the sites suggested by Sra and Writeacher, I have found, that "eponym", as well as "toponym", has two definitions. EPONYM: 1) a name from which another name or word is derived. 2)a word derived from a person. This would make both,...

15 years ago

Could you please let me know which sentence is better (more correct)? 1) C'est difficile à croire qu'il est déjà le mois d'octobre 2) .....que nous avons déjà le mois... 3) ..que nous écrivons déjà le mois... Merci beaucoup de votre aide.

15 years ago

Happy Thanksgiving/ un heureux jour de l'action de grâce.

15 years ago

Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays and lots of health, happiness and prosperity for 2011 to all the wonderful teachers at Jiskha. Thank you for sacrificing your spare time to help all of us out.

14 years ago

Happy Boxing Day!!!

14 years ago

a) The OH- concentration of 0.050 M ammonia, NH3, is 9.5x10^-4. Write the equilibrium equation for its ionization and the equilibrium constant expression; solve for the value of K.

14 years ago

Bonjour! Pourriez-vous me dire, s'il vous plait, quelle de ces phrases et correct? Je veux dire: " it has been two years since we were there" 1) Il y a deux ans que nous y étions 2) Il y a deux ans que nous étions là 3) Il a été deux ans depuis que nous é...

14 years ago

He is feeling fine and we do not expect any problems with his health this time. Il se sent bien et nous ne comptons pas d'avoir (à avoir somehow doesn't sound good) des problèmes avec sa santé cette fois. This is how I put it; the translator site said: .....

14 years ago

Merry Christmas - Happy Holidays to everyone and a special "Thank You" to all the wonderful Jiskha teachers; may you be rewarded a thousandfold for all the help you are giving to everyone.

13 years ago

To all our Canadian friends - Happy Boxing Day. And to everyone - may the coming year bring you great health and lots of happiness and prosperity.

13 years ago

S'il vous plaît, pourriez-vous me dire ce que le mot "l'ouiement" signifie? (L'ouiement des sirènes). Je ne peux pas le trouver n'importe où. Merci beaucoup.

13 years ago

the answer is: coffin

17 years ago

the nose

17 years ago

Sarah, this is strange German! It should be: Ich habe DICH geliebt Ich habe DIR vertraut Aber du hast mein Herz entzwei gebrochen (or: Du hast mein Herz zerbrochen) Please remember: Du (du bist schön)you are beautiful Dir (ich gehe mit dir)I go with you D...

17 years ago

Also: "ist es richtig" means "is it right" but if you want to say: "Is THIS right" then you would say: "ist DAS richtig".

17 years ago

clauses?

17 years ago

famille is feminine - therefore it would have to be: Je suis allée à la reunion d'une famille.

17 years ago

I am not sure but shouldn't it be en vacances ?

17 years ago

continental-continental plate convergence is respinsible for the creation of mountain ranges. NOTE: S-waves pass through solids but NOT liquids (P-waves do.) The Richter Scale has no upper limit. Oceanic crust is on average 7km thick

17 years ago

"rock salt" is the common name for the mineral halite.

17 years ago

172 cheeseburgers 86 hamburgers I divided 258 by 3 that gives me 86 (1/3 of the total) and 172 (86x2) 1/3rd was hamburgers and 2/3rds cheeseburgers.

16 years ago

I would say 18 laps; I believe that I mile is 1,760 yards ½ mile = 880 yards 880 divided by 50 - 17.6 Please check my math.

16 years ago

well, one piece of evidence would be from seismology. It shows waves travelling through different matter (fluid, solid) at different rates.

16 years ago

you connect points of equal rainfall

16 years ago

I believe it's the chloroplasts.

16 years ago

Because its dense clouds scatter about 80% of the light received..

16 years ago

The full moon rises at at sunset.

16 years ago

"avoir" and "être" are auxilliary verbs.

16 years ago

A full moon never rises at midnight; it rises at sunset.

16 years ago

The head is hydrophilic (attracted to water) and the nonpolar tail is hydrophobic (not attracted to water.)

16 years ago

false

16 years ago

classification is a scientific process -not a random one.

16 years ago

If it were a good conductor of heat, then the glass rod would heat up all the way to the top and you might not be able to hold it.

16 years ago

It had to do with the specific weight of gold and the silver that was used as a substitute for some of the gold. Legend has it, that it actually was a wreath and not a crown.

16 years ago

Look up "hydrostatic principle" for details.

16 years ago

"She and I went to the movies" if in doubt I say the sentence using only the first person singular: "I went to the movies" - there is no way I could say: "Me went to the movies". Thus if it is "I", then it also has to be "she" (not "her") "My mother went...

16 years ago

I think "population" would be a fair answer. Of course there could be others, such as: pollution, waste (garbage), crime, etc.

16 years ago

Didn't you mean multicellular and unicellular organisms? multicellular means "made up of more than one cell". All prokaryotes are unicellular (one- celled organism) Eukaryotes are multicellular (made up of more than one cell).

16 years ago

Jessica - I think you meant to say "me and her went to the store together" is INCORRECT. As SraJMcGin explained so well (and I tried to explain in my simple way)it would be incorrect to say "me and her went to the store together"; it has to be: "she and I...

16 years ago

wind erosion is due to sandblasting and deflation.

16 years ago

I suppose you are referring to Linnaean Taxonomy (binomial nomenclature)

16 years ago

Like e.g.: She is driving all the way to the hills by herself. or She was driving all the way to the hills by herself. She had driven all the way to the hills by herself. She will be driving all the way to the hills by herself. Still, as drwls wrote; most...

16 years ago

The intense heat from the inner core makes the material in the outer core and mantle move.

16 years ago

the earthquake waves travel at different speeds through layers of different make-up (liquid, solid)

16 years ago

additional information: only P-waves can travel through gases and liquids. S-waves, for example, cannot travel through the liquid outer core.

16 years ago

Merci beaucoup.

16 years ago

Merci beaucoup!

16 years ago

A game I sometimes used to play with my mother went like this: we'd have a map of a country in front of us and one of us would pick the name of a city/village on that map; the other would have to find it. It's a good lesson in geography and maybe the chil...

16 years ago

Here is another game we used to play as kids; call it City, Country (in German STADT, LAND) We mad several columns on a wide piece of paper. The headings were: city, country, mountain, bodies of water, books, composer, author, flower and name. (Of course,...

16 years ago

I would probably say: "ce sera amusant" but there may be a much better way of saying it.

16 years ago

yo - I yelmo - helmet kilovatio - kilowatt klaxon - car horn

16 years ago

Do you mean homonyms, like pear - pair?

16 years ago

if you mean there are 3 men to 7 women, then the answer is 90 men to 210 women.

16 years ago

if you mean there are 3 women to 7 men, then it's 210 men and 90 women.

16 years ago

sorry about my mistake - thank you so much for your explanation; I shall never forget the differeence between homonyms and homophones now!

16 years ago

The applications for this technology will be far-reaching. The special system will allow companies to track shipments. It also will help keep people safe in countries with high rates of kidnapping.

16 years ago

I'm afraid my system is very primitive. What I did is add 3+7 = 10 then I divided 300 by 10 = 30 then I multiplied 3 x 30 = 90 and 7x30 = 210 I am certain that Ms. Sue can explain that a lot better and much more professional that I can.

16 years ago

merci beaucoup!!!

16 years ago

Thank you, I will check it.

16 years ago

Merci beaucoup de votre aide.

16 years ago

Ah, je comprends. Merci beaucoup!

16 years ago

No Soliciting.

16 years ago

No food or drinks allowed inside = do not bring any food or beverages inside.

16 years ago

Here are a few more: No Entry = do not enter here No Exit = you cannot get out here No Bikes = don't ride bicycles here

16 years ago

I think it is #4; I do not blieve that 90% of smokers quit on their own.

16 years ago

Look at the "forces" in your question and then carefully read the options again.

16 years ago

I would say the first one.

16 years ago

Would you please be so kind and explain the first sentence? I am probably wrong but somehow it doesn't sound right to me. I think it's the "listening" that bothers me (I think I would have said: "Let's listen to the explanations of the different sports an...

16 years ago

The size of the crystals depends on the rate of cooling. During rapid cooling there is not enough time for large crystals to form.

16 years ago

The way I see it is that the Monroe Doctrine called for an end of European intervention in both North and South America, while the Roosevelt Corollary dealt mainly with an end to European intervention to countries south of the US.

16 years ago

How about a "gravy boat"?

16 years ago

Merci beaucoup, Mme!!

16 years ago

As far as I am concerned it could be all 122, none,or any number inbetween. As I understand it, statistics are generalizations and do not apply to specific examples. But, of course, I could be wrong.

16 years ago

Sorry Ms.Sue, I must have written my answer just as you were posting yours. Your answer, of course, is correct.

16 years ago

Thanks! I know if it is a mixed group, then the masculine form is used, but I figured if it is all women who are speaking, then it should be the feminine form.

16 years ago

Thank you very much, Mme.

16 years ago

Ooops! I just found something about number and gender agreement with DIRECT OBJECT (even if the auxiliary verb is avoir.) So, I guess the first sentecen was correct afterall. If I, e.g. would say:'"avez-vous trouvé votre chien?" would the answer then be:...

16 years ago

that should have been: sentence (not sentecen!!!)

16 years ago

I think I am going out of my mind with this. After thinking that over, I guess the answer to my sentence: "avez-vous trouvé votre chien" should have been: "oui, nous l'avons trouvé" because the agreement is with CHIEN not with NOUS - is that right??? I am...

16 years ago

Merci beaucoup Mme - je comprends maintenant. Joyeux jour d'action de grâces aussi à vous.

16 years ago

It would be nice if there were a past participle for the condtionnel as well. (or, perhaps, there is?!)

16 years ago

Oh, I see! So for my example you would then simply use the conditionnel of "avoir" and the past participle of "vouloir". Ingenious - I like it!! Thank you so very, very much!!!!!

16 years ago

Thank you so very much!!!!

16 years ago

heir honest herb (although some people do pronounce the "h")

16 years ago

honesty heiress heirloom

16 years ago

For #2 you could also say "or" We can order fish curry and rice or we can order something vegetarian. #1 - you can write the letter or you can type it on the computer. P.S. I am sure this is just a typing error, but it is not grammar but GRAMMAR.

16 years ago

The second one could be Luxembourg.

16 years ago

I read that it's the plates moving against each other that makes those "rumbling" sounds. I lived through a 6.+ earthquake and it sounded like hundreds of trains rolling by under the house. The earth cracking (splitting apart) also makes noises.

16 years ago

Some rocks and even some soils contain sulfites; as the water runs over (and through) these, it picks up some of the sulfates.

16 years ago

OOPS - I meant of course "SULFATES" (not sulfites.)

16 years ago

Certain industrial wastes can also supply sulfates to our water, as does rain.

16 years ago

dicot

16 years ago

Is it maybe "somme toute"??

16 years ago

Merci beaucoup!!!

16 years ago

I think it's the experimental group, control group and, of course, the person performing the experiment.

16 years ago

Merci!

16 years ago

Merci beaucoup et Joyeux Noël à vous aussi. I also wanted to commend you for taking care of needy animals. I love animals very much!Merci for all your help!!

16 years ago

let's still add: Buon Natale, Mele Kalikimaka, Frohe Weihnachten, Radosnych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia and Kala Christooyenna (sorry, I don't have the Polish accents or Greek letters on my computer)

16 years ago

Yes they are! Thank you very much et encore une fois beaucoup de santé et de bonheur pour 2009!

16 years ago

Flatland by Edwin A. Abbot

16 years ago

Please note that "Fuball" and "Tennis" would need to be capitalized.

16 years ago

To me it sounds good. Thank you.

16 years ago

Thank you! I thought the combination of "parce que est intelligent" doesn't sound right. It just doesn't roll off the tongue like "parce qu'il est intelligent" does. I was using an old version of "French Made Simple"; maybe they have already corrected tha...

16 years ago

Shouldn't it be "VORREI ESSERE UN FARMACISTA" (I would like to be a pharmacist.) It is "ED ANCHE" (because the next word starts with a vowel) so: ed anche potrò fare molti soldi (no need to add the "io") Does the next sentence mean: another reason why I w...

16 years ago

Find out how many regular aspirins it would take to make-up your big one and you'll know how many grams it would have.

16 years ago

Not exaclty sure what you are asking but the P waves travel the faster than the other earthquake waves.

16 years ago

oops - I put an extra "the" in that sentence. I wanted to say at first that "the P" waves are the fastest" and then changed the sentence and left the extra THE in by mistake.Sorry!

16 years ago

It should be either "La maison de Thomas est jolie" or "Sa maison est jolie"

16 years ago

3) mes gran-parents habitent à Sunset Hill 4) vingt-neuf ans (typing error) frère (needs accent) âge (needs accent) 6) où needs an accent to distinguish it from "ou" (or) maison (typing error) 7) tu aimes ta course...? j'aime ma course de .... français (n...

16 years ago

6) où est ta maison.... Other question forms: Aimes-tu ta cours de français? Est-ce que tu aimes ta course de français? I am not sure but I think that cours is masculine; if so, then it should be: Tu aimes ton cours.... (or aimes-tu ton cours....) j'aime...

16 years ago

1) Are you asking yourself who your friend is or is someone else asking you? If it is someone else, then the question would be: "qui est ton amie?" (personal form) or "qui est votre amie?" (formal form). Yes - cours is masculine (course, which means "a ra...

16 years ago