Elle a travaillé très dur et graduè de cette Université. Pourqoui on dit" de cette université" pas " dans cette université".
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The plural forms of le, la and l' is les
The plural forms of un and une is des
Note that when you say ''I have strawberries.'' in English, you are actually saying ''I have some strawberries.'', but in English, you can omit 'some'.
NOT in French!
In French you must always use "des".
E.g. J'ai des fraises.
See also Using du, de la, de l', des to express some or any (partitive articles)
Grammar jargon: Les is the plural definite article; Des is the plural indefinite article. These articles are used with countable nouns (things you can count, like dogs, as opposed to mass nouns for things like milk which use partitive articles instead.)
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le, la, l' -> les
un, une -> des
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One graduates from a university, not in a university, hence de (from). It's the same in English.
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Le partitif de
Elle a travaillé très dur et graduè de cette Université. Pourqoui on dit" de cette université" pas " dans cette université".
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MarkKwiziq community member
Des vs Quelques
The correct answer to "There are some girls" was Il y a des fille. I had Il y a quelques filles. This was deemed to be wrong. Can someone explain the difference?
Asked 1 year ago
Hi Mark,
As in English it is the difference between ‘some’ ( des) an indeterminate number and ‘a few’ ( quelques), a small number...
YordanneKwiziq community member
La fille - The girl and Une fille - a girl - some girls - des filles (plural of La fille is Les filles)
Mark asked:View original
Des vs Quelques
The correct answer to "There are some girls" was Il y a des fille. I had Il y a quelques filles. This was deemed to be wrong. Can someone explain the difference?
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SamuelKwiziq community member
How to understand its a definite or indefinite articles in french
Asked 1 year ago
Hi Samuel,
The difference between definite and indefinite articles is actually important in French as many mistakes are made by confusing them as sometimes in English no article is used ...
e.g.
J'aime les chats tigrés = I like tabby cats
You use the definite article 'les' as it is presumed you like all the cats who come under that specification.
J'ai des chats très exigeants à la maison! = I have (some) very demanding cats at home!
In this example you don't know which cats you are referring to , how many there are or what type of cats , so you use the indefinite article 'des'.
For more details take a look at the following lessons on each set of articles:
https://french.kwiziq.com/my-languages/french/glossary/4
https://french.kwiziq.com/my-languages/french/glossary/4
Hope this helps!
Chris Kwiziq Q&A super contributor
Elle a des chats. -- She has (some) cats. -- indefinite
Elle a les chats. -- She has the cats. -- definite
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