French Language

Discuss and learn French: French vocabulary, French grammar, French culture etc.

French Vocab Games app for iPhone/iPad French-English dictionary French grammar French vocab/phrases

For the latest updates, follow @FrenchUpdates on Twitter!

Neil Coffey's Discussions (1,456)

View

Discussions Replied To (1394)	Replies	Latest Activity
"Oh yes, one other area of complexity occurs if you try to make the causative itself…" Neil Coffey replied Sep 20, 2012 to French causatives	4	Sep 20, 2012 Reply by Sarah
"So, just to make sure all readers know what we're talking about, causatives are thes…" Neil Coffey replied Sep 20, 2012 to French causatives	4	Sep 20, 2012 Reply by Sarah
Key Student "Hi Jérôme -- my impression is that "à la suite de..." implies more a simple "success…" Neil Coffey replied Sep 17, 2012 to help with the word "resulted in"	6	Sep 17, 2012 Reply by Erwan
Key Student "Just to add something to the other ideas: in French it's also common to turn things…" Neil Coffey replied Sep 16, 2012 to help with the word "resulted in"	6	Sep 17, 2012 Reply by Erwan
Key Student "Generally, there's no need to alter the tenses of the verbs other than the main verb…" Neil Coffey replied Sep 14, 2012 to help with "reportedly"	3	Sep 14, 2012 Reply by Neil Coffey
"Remember that translation is a creative process and is partly about interpretation.…" Neil Coffey replied Sep 13, 2012 to Pascal's Pensees	1	Sep 13, 2012 Reply by Neil Coffey
"George -- you may be referring to this Guardian article: http://www.guardian.co.uk…" Neil Coffey replied Sep 12, 2012 to		just now
Key Student "Yes, using the conditional (and hence, the conditional perfect if reporting a past a…" Neil Coffey replied Sep 10, 2012 to help with "reportedly"	3	Sep 14, 2012 Reply by Neil Coffey
Key Student "Yes, you can use that construction, or also: ...vous empêchent de vous échapper de…" Neil Coffey replied Sep 4, 2012 to Verbs functioning as nouns	6	Sep 5, 2012 Reply by Peter En
Key Student "Yes, this would often be the most natural equivalent in French: either find an equiv…" Neil Coffey replied Sep 2, 2012 to Verbs functioning as nouns	6	Sep 5, 2012 Reply by Peter En

‹ Previous
1
…
17
18
19
20
21
…
140
Next ›

Welcome to
French Language

Sign Up
or Sign In

Or sign in with:

© 2025 Created by Neil Coffey. Powered by

Badges | Report an Issue | Terms of Service

#xg { position:relative;top:120px; } #xn_bar { top:120px; }

Hello, you need to enable JavaScript to use French Language.

Please check your browser settings or contact your system administrator.

Sign in to chat!