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Je ne sais pas de quoi il parle

I came across the above sentence while looking through a website. I'm confused as I was under the impression that ce dont was always used a…

Started by michael rivers in French Grammar

8 Nov 8, 2012
Reply by Jan Loose

1953 handwriting on photo

I'm trying to interpret the 20 or so French words on the back of a deceased in-law's photo, apparently from Nice in 1953. Because I don't…

Started by bland328 in Translation Help

3 Nov 8, 2012
Reply by Jan Loose

A thumbs-up or thumbs-down sentence?

I would appreciate a little nudge with the following sentence that, to me, reads ambiguously (i.e., is this a thumbs-up or a thumbs-down?)…

Started by William F. von Valtier in Translation Help

9 Nov 6, 2012
Reply by George Hunt

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Non-agreement of past participle

In a French grammar I have come across the following example sentence: "Nous nous sommes tous les deux cassés le bras." Now I understood th…

Started by Curt Jugg in French Grammar

8 Nov 4, 2012
Reply by Deborah

French Word Searches for iPad

Readers with iPads may be interested to know that I have just released a new French Word Searches app for iPad. The game obviously contains…

Started by Neil Coffey in Announcements

0 Nov 1, 2012

A technical designation for a French Legal represetative?

  'Le contrôle judiciaire du joueur du PSG, Mladen Bojinovic, qui évoluait au MAHB la saison dernière, et de Jennifer Priez, compagne de Lu…

Started by Pete Laubscher in French Grammar

6 Oct 26, 2012
Reply by Pete Laubscher

Function of the "Pour"

Hi everyone, I would like to say "This is my passport" in French and I found that there are several ways to say that 1. C'est mon passepo…

Started by Tinyturtle in French Grammar

7 Oct 26, 2012
Reply by Tinyturtle

"En" meaning,

Hi everyone, Please help me to explain the meaning of "en" in the following sentence! "Avant de t'en aller ce soir" I found that "en" is…

Started by Tinyturtle in French Grammar

6 Oct 21, 2012
Reply by Tinyturtle

Maintenance to this site over the weekend

There will be some brief periods of maintenance to this forum over the weekend that could make it briefly unavailable. Apologies for the in…

Started by Neil Coffey in Announcements

0 Oct 20, 2012

French president says "non" to homework

I wonder how many students will disagree with this suggestion. http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/10/french-president-proposes-ban

Started by Neil Coffey in Announcements

1 Oct 19, 2012
Reply by Peter En

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