Posted by Aurélie Drouard

In: Level A1, Nouns & Articles, Pluriel

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Look at these two cases:

Les Richardson nous ont invités.
The Richardsons invited us.

M. et Mme Dupont = Les Dupont
Mr and Mrs Dupont = The Duponts

Notice that surnames in French don't take -s when plural (unlike English).

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surnom vs. nom de famille?

Est-ce que vous confondez surnom et nom de famille?

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ChrisC1Correct answer

The trap one tends to fall into is that surnom in French does NOT mean surname in English.

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CécileKwiziq language super star

In what way Tom?

Surnom means nickname in French...

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surnom vs. nom de famille?

Est-ce que vous confondez surnom et nom de famille?

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