faire les courses

Ann H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

faire les courses

My dictionary gives the expression as faire des courses. Are both right?

Asked 7 years ago

GruffNative French expert teacher in Kwiziq

It depends if you want to say "do some shopping" or "do the shopping". Les has more of connotation of a routine shop, versus something more occasional.

Like17 years ago

Ann H. asked:

faire les courses

My dictionary gives the expression as faire des courses. Are both right?

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