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Just wanted to pop in here Corrinnebelle and say I see you and I'm here for it! I'm going to focus mainly on French for this weekend but given French generally has a much larger user base, I hope once that picks up steam I'll be able to help out with archiving in the Hebrew forum too! I'm only a beg...

I'm going to bed, but I got a lot done today! For heavily formatted posts, my husband showed my how to use F12 to find the HTML code for a comments/sections of a post, copy it, and then paste it into an HTML->BBCode converter. Game changer! My poor CTRL key is going to get a lot of use this weekend ...

https://i.imgur.com/7pB7yjt.png Originally posted by ricainrico To form most adverbs, we generally take the feminine form of the base adjective and add "-ment". heureuse - heureusement, claire - clairement etc. However, if the masculin form of the base adjective ends in "-ent" o...

https://i.imgur.com/a0yJJcM.png Originally posted by Sitesurf Placement In a compound tense like the passé composé , adverbs normally come between the auxiliary verb and its participle. J'ai rapidement fini mon travail. — I finished my work quickly. Ils ont trop mangé. — They ate too much. Unlike E...

https://i.imgur.com/TgY1275.png Originally posted by Sitesurf Constructing Adverbs In English, many adverbs are constructed from adjectives by adding "-ly" to the end. For instance, "quick" becomes "quickly". In French, add -ment to feminine adjectives to create adverb...

https://i.imgur.com/r9T3Znr.png Originally posted by CommeuneTexane Adverbs are invariable words that can modify verbs, adjectives, other adverbs, and more. Adverb Placement If an adverb modifies a verb, it usually follows right after it. Il parle vite . — He speaks quickly. Elle mange souvent de l...

You can also put these words after the noun, but only if you want to sound like a poet. A poet...or Yoda ;-) ------------ ]True, in protuguese and spanish is the same. ----------- Some adjectives change their meaning with the position. Une femme grande. – She is a tall woman. Une grande femme. – Sh...

https://i.imgur.com/9NOZNkH.png Originally posted by myra Unlike in the English language, in French, most adjectives come after the noun. Major exceptions like "beau", "jeune", "bon" and "petit" are often taught as the "BAGS" adjectives because they...

and you can add : fou => fol => "un fol espoir me prit" but it is not very used (?) Thank you Bal! I've added it and your example. (On dirait, "not used very often".) :-) ------------- Isn't it Napolean was un homme grand (a tall man) ? " I think in the explanation Napoleon...

https://i.imgur.com/3EKb50Z.png Originally Posted by CommeuneTexane Agreement Unlike English adjectives, French adjectives must agree in number and gender with the nouns that they modify. A black dog is un chien noir , but a black dress is une robe noire . Also, remember that some adjectives have t...

Non, on ne fait pas la liaison ici: si tu dis "Les poissons_ z ont faim" ça donne l'impression que tu dis "Les poissons ils ont faim" avec une contraction non-standard extrême de 'ils'. La répétition des pronoms sujets ainsi que leur contraction autant que la phonologie français...

https://i.imgur.com/89rQsfC.png Originally posted by Angus390025 Bonjour, J'ai une question sur les liens entre les mots. Je comprends que ce sont obligatoires entre les pronoms et les verbes à voyelles. (Ils_ ont) Et, celles qui sont interdites entre les noms singuliers et les adjectifs. (estudent...

Archivist note: This comment had several nested comments, hence I am posting it separately. https://i.imgur.com/a3wrh4X.png I always have a hard time with liaisons. My native French-speaking husband says no liaison in "Tu es honnête" and "L'enfant prend un sucre". Do you have som...

You can have it for as long as you need. It wouldn't do any harm ) Thank you so much! My goodness I feel powerful. :twisted: I'm either incompetent (likely) or I need you to give me specific "can post stickies" permission. If there's any way for me to just have access to that in the Frenc...

Merci beaucoup Rémy! :) Is there some rule about when an "h" is considered "h aspiré" or mute? Is there a difference in pronunciation? Merci d'avance. Hi Nitram, there is no rule for the nouns starting in "h" that can help you identify from which catheogry they are. Yo...

https://i.imgur.com/52pYssN.png Originally posted by Remy here. In French, a "liaison" is when a normally silent consonant at the end of a word is pronounced at the beginning of the word that follows it. Usually, liaisons are required between two words when the first one ends with a conso...

Originally posted: https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/43941429 https://i.imgur.com/gy6Hojn.png No - "C'est" and "Il est" are not interchangeable. Their usage is determined by what comes after "est". You use "il est" when it's followed by: An adjective describi...

I'm not sure I'd like to be a mod - I struggle with committing to forums long term, but some mod 'controls' would be super useful to me right now trying to copy over/organise the French forum. I'd like to sticky the same sticky that was stickied in the Duolingo French forum, for example. And subfold...

Great topic. I think that Duolingo has let me be really lazy about those, because it lets words without accents and I think it is not good. Now I have big problem with it and it is hard to learn it once again. Especially in timed practice I always just type letters from my keayboard, because clicki...

https://i.imgur.com/qOTtdiB.png Originally Posted by Remy In French, there are 4 accents for vowels and 1 accent for a consonant. The "accent aigu" ´ (acute accent) can only be on an E. The "accent grave" ` (grave accent) can be on an A, E, or U. On the A and U, it usually serve...

When I visited France, I stuck with "vous" unless the other person EITHER started using "tu" instead, or asked "on peut se tutoyer?" So yeah, people do ask it, but generally only if you're going to be speaking with them for more than 2 minutes. And even then, when othe...

If it helps, I asked a similar question not too long ago and there were some helpful replies: https://www.duolingo.com/comment/2622125 https://i.imgur.com/cL4N3t8.png Originally posted by Darren_Mart I'm hoping to get some input from French natives... I'm familiar with the protocols and guidelines ...

I'd say use "tu" for friends, family and informal situations. Use "vous" for teachers, and formal situations and for the plural. I'm sure a French person would appreciate you trying to speak their language because at least you're trying :) I'm not entirely sure about this one. I...

https://i.imgur.com/5fhVFdm.png Originally Posted by angrybunny Ok, so I know that TU is for friends, family and children and VOUS is for strangers, people you need to show respect to and plural but I still have a few questions about it. How do I know when to transition from vous to tu? If I'm beco...

Same basic info but sites you can bookmark for easy reference: http://www.frenchtoday.com/blog/cest-versus-il-elle-est (I printed the 1 page PDF) http://french.about.com/library/weekly/aa032500.htm ------------- Just to be clear, we can substitute "c'est avocat" → "il est avocat"...

https://i.imgur.com/uYRmT5g.png Originally posted by Remy You have to use "c'est" when there is an article (une, un, le, la, or l'), a possessive (mon/ton/son, ma/ta/sa, notre/votre/leur) before the noun, or before a possessive pronoun (le nôtre/le vôtre/le leur/la nôtre/la vôtre/la leur)...

Thank you very much for that clarification. "Jrikhal" had already explained this to me from the Spanish version. However, I will send you reports from English because in most of cases the system marks incorrect when I translate "here" for "lá". For example: https://www...

Seems to me that this is very similar to the German "hier" "da" and "dort". (I know this is not related to French, but some users here learn multiple languages, and I, personally, sometimes find it helpful to link them.) Some of the same sentences in German, in case so...

Interesting. I've also noticed that sometimes that là is linked to some words such as "dimanche-là", and I think that also applies to ici or "ci". I wonder if it changes its meaning in some instances or it always has the same meaning. When you add "-ci" and "-là&q...