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Have you noticed how often your reading and listening passages include references to chocolate?
Bonjour Lucien and Chris,
Thank you for pointing this out ! It is true that French people are obsessed with "chocolat". At least, I know I am ! (Not sure about the zombies, though!) So it is only natural that Kwiziq's French materials do include a lot of references to "M. du Chocolat" ! ;-)
Merci pour ce commentaire, qui m'a bien fait rigoler ! ;-)
Bonne journée !
Chocolate, wine, cheese, bread and conversation - French staples - not just of diet, but of life. Zombies - well, that’s what you get when chocolate, wine, cheese, bread and conversation run out !
Have you noticed how often your reading and listening passages include references to chocolate?
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Tom, in both places I see ‘des’ it means “some small (toasts)”, and fits. If it still doesn’t seem right to you, can you expand on why/where you think ‘de’ might fit?
Ah, of course! That didn’t register as I have heard “des petits toasts” used in France.
I think in this case “petits toasts’ may have been treated as a “compound noun”, Whether that is grammatically correct or not, it is in usage (at least as determined by asking my resident expert what she would say spontaneously) !
See links
https://www.tolearnfrench.com/exercises/exercise-french-2/exercise-french-4045.php
https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/fr-de-des-adjectif-nom-au-pluriel.136043/
On the word reference link, a fair way down is this :
It is indeed correct. Here is what Le Bon Usage says:Au pluriel, des est remplacé par de (de bons fruits) ordinairement dans la langue écrite et aussi dans la langue parlée de type soigné. Mais des (qui n'est pas récent : cf. Hist.) prévaut dans la langue parlée et se répand dans la langue écrite.Thank you Maarten, that's brilliant. I sometimes forget about these points of difference between written and spoken French. Very useful to be keep being reminded !
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Does it say 'la Saint Nicolas est célébré' with a masculine adjective because Nicolas is masculine ?
Bonjour Tom !
As Maarten "œil-de-lynx" noticed, we fixed the typo thanks to your feedback :)
Merci encore et bonne journée !
It seems to have been corrected as it has changed since last night. “est célébrée” definitely correct here.
Does it say 'la Saint Nicolas est célébré' with a masculine adjective because Nicolas is masculine ?
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Est-ce que quelqu'un va à l'église le jour de Noël? L'article traitait uniquement de nourriture et de cadeaux, mais la journée n'avait aucune signification religieuse.
Pour beaucoup de monde, Noël est une fête de famille, mais pas une fête religieuse. C'est plutôt pour célébrer la saison et le retour du soleil.
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