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Contrôle sur la version, SVP.

Could someone check the grammar of the following, please ?   Il faut que je ne l'oublie jamais. L'objectif du exercice est occuper mon espi…

Started by James H Smith in French Grammar

2 Aug 4, 2010
Reply by James H Smith

Help needed, need my work check to be checked!

Hi there, I'm new to this forum, I am learning French in school and have a 300 word piece of work due to be handed in to the teachers in a…

Started by Connor Henry Fitzgerald in Translation Help

1 Aug 3, 2010
Reply by nonick

Plurals in singular context.

Can someone please explain to me why, in French, some nouns are written in the plural mode, when they are used in a singular context ?  The…

Started by James H Smith in French Grammar

2 Jul 31, 2010
Reply by James H Smith

infinitely reflecting mirrors

What is the French expression/idiom for 2 mirrors set opposite each other so that a beam of light bounces back and forth between them forev…

Started by L N W in Translation Help

1 Jul 31, 2010
Reply by Neil Coffey

Brass and Copper

I have recently discovered that, in several European languages including French, the same word is used for both Brass ( which, of course is…

Started by M Mcglashan in French Dictionary / Vocabulary

2 Jul 29, 2010
Reply by M Mcglashan

Questionnaire

Cher Défendeur, Je suis une étudiante  de troisième cycle de Obafemi Awolowo University . J'acccomplis une recherche sur les actes de disco…

Started by ebaide in Linguistics

0 Jul 28, 2010

Horrible translations using software

Greetings,   Well, you can imagine what I am going through. I sent out a document for translation and the company used a glorified piece of…

Started by Rick Shousha in French Grammar

5 Jul 27, 2010
Reply by Neil Coffey

Germain D'Hangest

Anybody knows how to pronounce Germain D'Hangest surname? Is the "st" sillent or not? Thanks.

Started by mika antic in French Grammar

3 Jul 26, 2010
Reply by Federico Miguel Olbes

can't find in dictionary

I am looking at a receipt from a restaurant we visited.  One item is described as:  Salcrev. Entree.I think Salcrev may be an abbreviation,…

Started by susan belson in French Grammar

2 Jul 26, 2010
Reply by susan belson

against the rules?

Hi everyone.  I am trying to teach myself to speak French.  I understand most of the rules but when I read I find phrases that seem wrong! …

Started by Fereshteh in French Grammar

5 Jul 26, 2010
Reply by Fereshteh

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