French language Q&A Forum

In the sentence, ”Tandis que je regarde autour de moi, je me sens émue de voir autant de personnes présentes aujourd'hui”, why is ’pendant que’ not an acceptable alternative ? 

How come the above is wrong according to my latest kwiziq test? (A qui and auquel are the correct answers). 

Why is "Merci de m'avoir aidé aujourd'hui, c'était super !" not translated as "Thank you for having helped me today" It’s not the same thing as ‘thank you for helping me’ – or is it?

Are there stressed pronouns for "us/they"? 

I just read that the definite article MUST contract if followed by a masculine article, but see that "la boulangerie est près DE l'hôtel" is correct.  Shouldn't it be "la boulangerie est prés DU l'hôtel"? 

When would you use the "aller faire..." format such as in "Avec mes copines, on va faire du shopping ce weekend", versus just "faire du shopping"?

The pronunciation guide leads with the above statement. For completeness, shouldn’t it mention that the t is pronounced before a vowel or h muet? 

(Obviously, it’s there in the audio examples and also implied in the section on tout + feminine adjectives)

I don't understand why animal familier is used in this exercise, but is considered unacceptable in the other writing challenges in this group.