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Quelle histoire est derrière l'article défini dans ces locutions prépositives ? Deux exemples (non cités plus bas) sont En l’occurrence et en l’espèce. Par exemple, un ancien dialecte du français, ...
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La force est une entité abstraite et un nom, n’est-ce pas ? Même si « Force est de + infinitif » est une locution figée, pourquoi ne commence-t-elle pas par LA ? L’article défini fût-il facultatif ...
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In French I would say: Mes frères aiment le chocolat. A literal translation back into English looks like: My brothers like the chocolate. However, the intended meaning in English is simply: My ...
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So I came across this term in a grammar book. I had to choose between two options le and un. The answer to the exercise says un is correct. the sentence was this: J’ai mal à (un/le) pied depuis que j’...
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I was asked to translate an English sentence We are going to the movie theater. into French. I answered Nous allons au la cinema. but failed, the right answer was Nous allons au cinema. I wonder ...
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I have looked for an answer to this question but have found nothing anywhere and it's driving me crazy frankly. Is there a formula I can follow easily? Like here it's "moyens de communication&...
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I am reading this page on Le Robert: Cas particulier: C'est nous qui l'avons fait (et non *nous qui l'ont fait.) Lorsque qui a pour antécédent un nom ou un pronom qui est attribut du sujet de la ...
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I have read these sentences: “Mandy aura beaucoup de travail la semaine prochaine.” “Lundi prochain, elle fera sa lessive comme d’habitude.” “Le repassage et le ménage attendront mardi et mercredi ...
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How do I know when to use 'de' or 'de la/du' in a sentence? Which of the following examples are correct? Je mange du pain avec la confiture de fraise / Je mange du pain avec la confiture de la fraise ...
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I couldn't find (yet) a solid reference for this rule, but I think it's generally admitted that elision happens in french with words starting with a vowel or a silent "h", like in L'arbre L'...
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Intuitively I thought it must be "parler de l'architecture" but I have seen sentences with "parler d'architecture". I'm having trouble discerning exact semantic differences in the ...
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La Petite Fadette, George Sand Sylvinet n’avait pas quitté son frère, et, quoiqu’il ne l’approuvât point d’avoir soulevé cette querelle, il se tenait tout prêt à le soutenir. Il y avait là quatre ou ...
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I came across this sentence the other day: Dès que je parle de sport, tu penses tout de suite au football Is it grammatically correct? If so, why is the word 'sport' used without a definite article ...
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I wrote this phrase in an online course: "En faisant du velo je regardais des paysages." However the teacher insisted on using les instead of des. But in fact I did not want to express the ...
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Google translate says that "The team solves operational problems" translates into "L'équipe résout les problèmes opérationnels". It is impossible a single team to be able to solve ...
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