de + les , only sometimes... why?Questions about this topic, using the lesson examples:
Il a mangé de magnifiques gâteaux
He ate some magnificent cakes.
J'achète de beaux draps
I buy nice sheets.
Note that when the adjective is placed BEFORE a plural noun, the partitive article des (some) becomes de (or d' in front of a vowel or mute h).
ATTENTION:
This rule doesn't apply when des is the contraction of "de
+ les" (= of/from/to the) :
J'ai acheté de nouvelles bottes
I bought [some] new boots.
My question is: how is
the 3rd example actually different from the previous two? How do we
know that it would have be “de + les” and that they would not? Why wouldn’t
they also have that option?
Merci à l’avance!
From the answers I see to this question in this discussion, we are expected to look through something like 1200 verb conjugations to find which ones fit this category. Even on the Lawless site for Irregular ir verbs, it lists the irregular ir verbs, but only one that changes in the future to an er verb conjugation. Where can one get a simple list of the ir verbs that change to er verb conjugations in the future tense?
Hi in this when he said the word diner, the audio gets cut.
Is it a fault at recording. just wanted to point out.
I make up the following, but I can't find the answers online. Are "moi" and "toi" correct here? If yes, is there an explanation why "me" and "te" are not used here?
Give it to me! = Donne le moi!
Give it to you? = Donne le toi?
Give it to him/her! = Donne le lui!
Give it to us! = Donne le nous!
Give it to them! = Donne le leur!
I'm sure the speaker says "charger" and not "changer" in this exercise. I understand that "charger" wouldn't make sense in the context but it is still off putting when doing the exercise and trying to faithfully write what is being said
Questions about this topic, using the lesson examples:
Il a mangé de magnifiques gâteaux
He ate some magnificent cakes.
J'achète de beaux draps
I buy nice sheets.
Note that when the adjective is placed BEFORE a plural noun, the partitive article des (some) becomes de (or d' in front of a vowel or mute h).
ATTENTION:
This rule doesn't apply when des is the contraction of "de + les" (= of/from/to the) :
J'ai acheté de nouvelles bottes
I bought [some] new boots.
My question is: how is the 3rd example actually different from the previous two? How do we know that it would have be “de + les” and that they would not? Why wouldn’t they also have that option?
Merci à l’avance!
1. Ce sont de longues jupes nouvelles. 2. Ce sont des jupes longues et nouvelles. 3. Ce sont de longues jupes nouvelles. 4. Ce sont de longues et nouvelles jupes. Which one is the correct sentence? Please clarify. Thanks in advance.
Why not aller à pied instead of marcher? The problem contrast one means of transport with another. I missed the bus so I had to walk--aller à pied.
If I recall, the English is "We'll spend Saturday in the old town..." The translation for Saturday is la journée instead of samedi. Why is samedi not accepted? It seems like an oversight.
"I will pass through Paris." Is one of the below incorrect? Why?
- Je passerai par Paris.
- Je passerai à travers Paris.
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