French language Q&A Forum

What is the meaning of 'très fleur bleue'?  I never heard that expression before.

How we answer in Franch

A number of places are have a disputed status; in these cases would the form used vary with the opinion of the speaker? For instance, whilst Kwiziq states «au Québec» (as if it's a country), I can find «dans le Québec» being used.

Could someone manage to accidentally imply a particular opinion by using one form rather than another? (Presumably, this would apply more strongly to a less common form.)

(And in trying to find this out, I've discovered in/to Taiwan is «à Taïwan», following the rule for a city.)

In the test the sentence reads "I left for about 15 days."  I put Je suis partie pour quinzaine de jours".  They say the correct answer is "Je suis partie une quinzaine de jours." Could I have used pendant or durant?

Bonjour. I am guessing that using sortir for the release of a film is an exception to the rule. It appears to me that the example provided does contain a direct object immediately following the verb: "Le nouveau James Bond est sorti la semaine dernière." i.e. "la semaine".

Is the French horn simply "cor" in France?

I wrote, "il est quatre heures de l'après-midi." But the answer was marked wrong and used the 24 hr framework instead. I understand the answer it gave, but I just to make sure that my answer was also acceptable. 

In one of the tests I took, I answered this question wrong:"Qu'est-ce que c'est que la Sorbonne?" means__

My answer was "What is it that is the Sorbonne."

Now I know the correct answer is "What is the Sorbonne?"

My question is why the original question should not have been "Qu'est-ce que c'est la Sorbonne?"

What is the need for a second que after c'est?

J’ai bu une demi-bouteille.

J’ai bu la moitié de la bouteille.

Nous n’utilisons qu’une moitie du sac de riz.

Il mange qu’une moitie du biscuit.

Can someone explain in a different way from the lesson... which basically says they mean the same.