Questions tagged [grammaire]
La grammaire est l'étude systématique des éléments constitutifs d'une langue.
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Why is the masculine partitive du used instead of de le, while the feminine uses de la?
Why does French use du for the masculine partitive instead of something like de le, while the feminine partitive looks like de la?
Also, does de l’ apply to both masculine and feminine nouns that ...
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Why does “on” take third-person singular verb forms even when it means “we”?
In French, the subject pronoun “nous” (“we”) takes first-person plural verb endings, such as “-ons”:
Nous parlons français.
However, in everyday spoken French, “on” is very commonly used with the ...
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Why is there a dash before "tu" in "Quel quartier préfères‑tu ?"
I'm learning French, and I'm confused — in the question "Quel quartier préfères‑tu ?", why is there a dash between the verb and "tu" instead of a space?
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« Ils ont mis la barre haut » - pas « haute » ?
La barre est haute, mais ils ont mis la barre haut ? J'ai entendu cette phrase à la télé et ça m'a interpellé. Tout simplement: pourquoi peut-on dire « haut » dans ce contexte ?
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Can 'J'ai peur des chiens' mean fear of some specific dogs, or only dogs in general?
In French, the sentence "J'ai peur des chiens" is typically interpreted generically: the speaker is afraid of dogs as a species/class. However, I'm wondering about a possible indefinite ...
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Why are existential and negative quantifications distinguished in French if they seem inseparable from sentence negation?
I'm trying to understand the syntactic/semantic difference between existential quantification (like des, du, de la) and negative quantification (like de in negative contexts) in French. I've read that ...
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Why are articles used (or not used) in these contexts?
This is a follow-up of this question, which was also asked by me.
From the question above, I learned that an article is needed after "de" if it's specific (livre de la classe, where it's a ...
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Est-ce que le verbe "être" peut être conjugué dans cette structure ?
Contenu de la documentation
Les emplois de causalité et de déduction des subordonnées en si
Les emplois causaux et déductifs illustrent directement la relation de conséquence entre la conditionnelle ...
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Valeur restrictive ou explicative d’un participe passé détaché après virgule
Dans la définition « Fait de s’abstenir des plaisirs sexuels, jugés illicites », le groupe « jugés illicites » est-il une apposition explicative (valeur non restrictive) ou une expansion restrictive ...
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Can a noun complement trigger retention of the indefinite article in negative sentences?
I understand the general rule that in French negative sentences, the indefinite articles (un, une, des) and partitive articles (du, de la, des) typically become "de" (or "d'" ...
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“Je n’ai pas des amis d’enfance” vs. “Je n’ai pas d’amis d’enfance”: which is correct and what is the difference?
I am trying to understand the correct negative form of the sentence:
J’ai des amis d’enfance. (I have childhood friends.)
When negating it, I have seen two possible constructions:
Je n’ai pas des ...
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In “Je bois des jus de fruits,” is “des” a partitive plural article or an indefinite plural article?
Consider the following sentence:
Je bois des jus de fruits tous les matins.
Grammarians and language enthusiasts often disagree on the nature of “des” in such a context. Two main analyses emerge, ...
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Peut-on utiliser le participe présent ici ?
Pour le contenu souligné, mon manuel utilise le terme "participe", mais les exemples ne concernent que le participe passé. Je voudrais donc demander : est-ce que le "participe présent&...
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How do you turn a pronominal verb into the passive voice?
Can some directly transitive pronominal verbs that express absolute identity be turned into the passive voice? If turned into the passive, wouldn't that make them identical to the compound tenses?
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Quelle est la structure de cette phrase ?
① La phrase "Quelqu’un est dans cette pièce" contient-elle une erreur grammaticale ?
② Si elle est correcte, quelle est sa structure grammaticale ? :
S’agit-il d’une structure « sujet-verbe-...
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