French Language Weekly Newsletter - Monday, March 30, 2015

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Top new questions this week: Il m'ignore. C'est de... l'ignorance ? Quel est le nom associé au verbe "ignorer" dans cette acception : "il ne m'aime pas donc il m'ignore" ? Est-ce l'ignorance ? vocabulaire substantivation   asked by SamuelTb 5 votes answered by Kareen 4 votes Bienvenue "chez", "sur", "à", or with another preposition? I have seen bienvenue followed by à, sur, and chez, and there may be others which I have not yet seen. When should each of these be used, and what other options are there, if any? grammaire prépositions   asked by Aerovistae 4 votes answered by Kilazur 6 votes When to write prefix re- or ré- I am having a following issue: There are a lot of verbs with prefix re- or ré- but I mix them a lot. E.g. relayer regorger réparer répandre reprendre reparaître Are there any rules for writing this ... verbes orthographe néologismes préfixes   asked by Bogi 4 votes answered by jlliagre 3 votes Le pronom « they » au singulier et la référence au genre ? En anglais, j'utilise de plus en plus le pronom « they » au singulier pour rendre des exemples inclusifs et non pas centrés sur le genre (« the person left, but I think they forgot their books » - au ... traduction pronoms genre   asked by Amphiteóth 4 votes answered by Bregalad 2 votes What is the subject in "Trop d'inégalités nuit à la croissance"? Is it correct to consider trop d'inégalités as a third-person subject? I guess it might be a syllepse... Then why can I say Jean, il est grand. and not Trop d'inégalités, il n'est pas ... pronoms sujet   asked by anderstood 4 votes answered by Stéphane Gimenez 4 votes Differences between "en dehors de", "hors de", "au-dehors de" and "par-dehors de"? en dehors de: outside of, apart from hors de: outside the reach of, out of (figuratively) au-dehors de: outside of, beyond the border of par-dehors de: surrounding the outside of I'm trying ... prépositions indications-de-lieu   asked by Jonathan 3 votes answered by Nikana Reklawyks 1 vote Why is there an 'a' here? I saw this on the web: Il m'a écrit une lettre. Why is there an 'a'? Shouldn't it be "me"? passé-composé auxiliaires   asked by user6964 3 votes answered by Kareen 6 votes Greatest hits from previous weeks: When to use 'je te kiffe'? Recently I read a question on how to say I like you in French. None of these answers provided the expression 'je te kiffe', although I'm quite sure it is used very often. Is there a different context ... expressions sens idiomes registre-familier   asked by fiscblog 3 votes answered by Édouard 2 votes How to apologise in French I was wondering, if one was to hurt somebody accidentally what would be an appropriate way of apologising? For example if a child were to hit an elder while on their bicycle. idiomes culture   asked by ianson 16 votes answered by cl-r 15 votes

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