French language Q&A Forum

I have trouble hearing the difference between "serai" and "serais".  Does one rely on context, or is there some magic formula that will make everything clear? :)

Shouldn’t it be

On est parti  tôt??

I tried translating "You cannot tell anyone." on my own, and I came up with
"Tu ne peux pas dire à personne."

However, when I tried to check it on Google Translate, it changed my sentence to
"Tu ne peux pas le dire à personne."

Is "le" really necessary before "dire"? What is the rule of these kinds of sentences?

I hope you can help me. Thanks!

What are cucurbitaces?  The translation gives the same word and I can't find it in my dictionary.  Thank you!

Please clarify why in this lesson  the passé composé is used in "Depuis que je t'ai rencontré, ma vie a complètement changé"  but present tense is used in "Depuis que j'ai quatre ans, je porte des lunettes."   Thanks.

Hi all,

just wondering if the liaison in the following sentence between "sortis" and "ensemble" is required, forbidden, or optional?

"Nous sommes sortis ensemble."

or similarly, 

"J'ai pris un taxi."

I am a bit confused about when an extra pronoun comes in to inverted question forms.  I thought that "What does Paul want?" would be "Que Paul veut-il?".  Similarly with "What are the children drawing?", I was expecting "Que les enfants dessinent-ils?