French language Q&A Forum

Why do we use j'ai toujours eu for "I have always had"?  My understanding is the passe' compose' of avoir implies "I got" more than "I had".  If we want to say "I had" we should use j'avais.  

For the question ""Je suis très vieux." The speaker is:" I have answered this as "male" but the bot is grading my answer as BOTH incorrect and unanswered.  Could you advise which it is?

How can "Ils partent leur travail à 17 h" be wrong and only "Ils quittent leur travail à 17 h" be right?   I don't see a specific rule as this type of question was used for both parter and quitter.

My question concerns the imparfait conjugation of the verb 'exister' in the sentence:

Aussi, lorsque j'ai appris qu'il existait un musée qui...

I would like to know if conjugating here in the imparfait (existait) does not imply that the museum used to exist, but no longer does.  I am inclined to want to conjugate 'exister' in present tense to get around this problem, yet I know its gramatically incorrect to do so. If someone can help, I would greatly appreciate.

Have a good day all :)

Hello, i dont always want to do dictation.  How do i listen to and read the French at the same time?

All three sample sentences for this usage seem freighted with disappointed expectations! Is this the way it’s normally used or just a coincidence?

In today's quiz all the content was in English! I am already an Anglophone...

Was that a glitch, was there an English/French toggle I didn't see or what?