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which of these is correct? de quel pays êtes vous?       or de quels pays êtes vous?

Started by fida in French Grammar

1 Aug 22, 2011
Reply by Neil Coffey

Past Historic Usage

Is the Past Historic ( passé simple) still widely used in modern French writing? When I last studied French formally (Ordinary Grade School…

Started by Jim Curnyn in French Grammar

2 Aug 21, 2011
Reply by Jim Curnyn

Opinions on French voices for learning

If anyone has a spare minute, I'm conducting a survey of people's opinions on suitable French voices for use in some new pronunciation mate…

Started by Neil Coffey in French learning / teaching

0 Aug 20, 2011

"une interpretation analogue"

I'm looking for help translating the phrase "une interpretation analogue."   It has been used to describe the production process of an earl…

Started by Charles Conaway in Translation Help

2 Aug 18, 2011
Reply by Charles Conaway

"la lame usera le fourreau"

This has me stumped, I think. I imagine it's something like "the blade wears out the scabbard", d'you think?   It's a(nother) book on equit…

Started by Mark Stanton in French Grammar

4 Aug 15, 2011
Reply by Neil Coffey

Quel goujat, ce Leon!

That is the chapter title of my conversation book (which I have trouble interpreting)   This chapter 1 goes like this.   There is two women…

Started by Mihyun Lee in French Grammar

1 Aug 14, 2011
Reply by stu harris

Need Help Translating this e-mail from a French Geneaologist who doesn't speak english

Bonjour,j'ai bien reçu votre courrier et j'y répondrai dans les plus brefs délaisCordialement Thanks for the Help!!!!

Started by Matthew O in French Grammar

2 Aug 14, 2011
Reply by Matthew O

Need Quick Help On Translation For Company

Hello, I am assigned to design a logo for the company that I work for and was wondering how to translate the company name into French.  The…

Started by Kien Hoang in French Grammar

0 Aug 14, 2011

What is the difference between "I am not working", "I don't work"?

If I say Je ne travaille pas and do not add an adjunct adverbial phrase is there anyway just using the verb to express the different forms…

Started by John Montgomery Rouse in French Grammar

11 Aug 13, 2011
Reply by Neil Coffey

6 sentences and stuff about des/les, un and a

Are the sentences correct? Ignore the absence of accents. 1.(He lives in the same town as Lucie) - Il habite  la meme cite que Lucie. (is t…

Started by Ladd Russo in French Grammar

1 Aug 13, 2011
Reply by Erwan

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