I've come across this sentence:
J'ai fini de déjeuner.
It seems correct to me when "déjeuner" is a verb.
But I wonder if "déjeuner" here is a noun and is being used along with "de".
If yes, would there be any difference from "J'ai fini le déjeuner"?
Thank you
Your first thought is the correct one - déjeuner is a verb in this setting, not the noun. It is «finir de déjeuner» as finir de (infinitive) is required. Petit-déjeuner and dîner are also used as verbs. «Je déjeune = Je prends le déjeuner». Effectively the first sentence can be translated as "I finished eating/having/taking (note the French «prendre le repas») lunch", whereas for the second sentence "I finished (the) lunch".
I've come across this sentence:
J'ai fini de déjeuner.
It seems correct to me when "déjeuner" is a verb.
But I wonder if "déjeuner" here is a noun and is being used along with "de".
If yes, would there be any difference from "J'ai fini le déjeuner"?
Thank you
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