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Is it possible to use direct object pronouns with the verbs "aimer" and "connaître" when they refer to things?

According to grammar books, direct object pronouns are used with the verbs "aimer" and "connaître" only when they refer to people. And when they refer to things they combine with the pronoun "ça" or nothing, like in Est-ce que tu aimes le riz? -…
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How are children taught joining letters in Ecriture scolaire B?

The question is not really about the French language, but about contemporary teaching in French schools. I hope there is an elementary school teacher that can answer this. I am currently studying various scripts for a project visualising the process…
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Pourquoi "comédiens" ?

Sait-on pourquoi le mot employé pour qualifier les acteurs de théâtre qui interprètent et les comédies et les tragédies, est "comédiens" (et non "tragédiens") ?
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Do I need to add a "sic" in a transcription of 19th-century French words like "vêtemens", "instans" "puissans" ?

I am a ballet historian and I read a lot of 19th-c French ballet libretti, as well as manuscript staging manuals. I am accustomed to seeing words without the "t" that we have in the 21st century (for example, instans, instrumens, puissans,…
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What does 'encore' mean in this sentence?

It is from a nineteenth-century short story: Dans le fond le plus reculé d'une province reculée de la France vivait un homme nommé Augur. Son père, honnête fermier, avait vu prospérer sa famille non moins que ses affaires ; et neuf enfants, tous…
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Quelle est la prononciation correcte de « pape » ?

J'entends souvent le mot pape prononcé « pâpe » à la télévision ou à la radio (française et belge). Pourtant le a de pape est court. Quelle est la prononciation correcte de ce mot ? Est-ce qu'il y a une origine étymologique ? Quel est le lien…
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Une femme tombe enceinte du pere ou de l'enfant?

Imaginons nous avons Marie et son époux Jean, ils ont leur fille Juliette. Pour conter leur histoire, dira-t-on: Marie tomba enceinte de Jean ou Marie tomba enceinte de Juliette ? Merci d'avance!
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Pistes de traduction du « one-trick pony » ?

En anglais on a le « one-trick pony » (MW, Wik., Brit., Grammarist), informel, dont on dit par exemple qu'il est « one that is skilled in only one area; also : one that has success only once » (MW), donc quelqu'un dont la qualité en question est…
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Year, month, week, day, hour, minute, second abbreviation in French

I'm writing some code that turns duration into human-readable text. And I wish to do it correctly. Below are example cases, please point out the mistakes in French one. (I don't have any French knowledge) English: Long Mid Short a second 1…
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How at normal speed, is "on en a un en haut, hein?" pronounced by natives?

I'd like to have this in narrow-detail IPA or by explanations of the sort "pronounce it as if it were spelled like ####" (made-up-frenchish-orthography string). Also: is this a reasonable sentence, say, spoken\heard internally upon finding one needs…
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What is the French for 310?

I am at the beginner level of French. I came across some numbers and their French equivalent. I am confused whether it will be cent/cents in 310? I noticed that generally it should be plural if the quantity is more than one, so it has to be cents in…
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What's the translation of "rack focus" in French?

Rack focus is a: filmmaking technique of changing the focus of the lens during a continuous shot. When a shot “racks,” it moves the focal plane from one object in the frame to another. What's the translation of "rack focus" in French? Google…
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Quels adjectifs devrais-je utiliser avec le neutre « iel »

[Cette question n'a rien à voir avec votre rapport personnel concernant l'usage de « iel ». Je pars du principe que c'est déjà un mot, et donc, dans le lexique français. C’est-à-dire: je n'ai pas envie d'entrer dans le débat politique, mais j'ai…
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Halloween: gender and h muet/aspiré

Normally it seems that words beginning with H that are borrowed into French from another language are masculine and have an h aspiré: le hockey, le haïku, le hamster. In Quebec, at least, Halloween is different - it seems to be feminine with an h…
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Is doubling the «que» a thing in French?

If I were to translate a sentence like "I only want you to feel comfortable" from what I know I would say «Je ne veux que que tu sois à l'aise". Do French people actually double the «que», does the sentence even make sense, how would I say it to…
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