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nicole r.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Whether to use le and la with negation

HI,

I have been reading the responses to the questions below. Am I correct to assume that the way to use the indefinite articles with negation is if it's a general statement?

For example.

J'aime ni le café ni le thé

Je veux ni fromage ni oignon

Merci

Nicole

Asked 4 years ago

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P. T.C1Kwiziq community member

Une différence dans l'estimation du nombre de variétés de fromage français

La réponse à la question deux est "Il y a au moins 1 200 variétés de fromage en France". Mais, en 1962, Charles de Gaulle a dit "Comment voulez-vous gouverner un pays qui a deux cent quarante-six variétés de fromage?".

Pourriez-vous expliquer l'écart entre 246 variétés de fromage et 1 200 variétés de fromage, s'il vous plaît? A moins que la France n'ait développé 954 nouvelles variétés de fromages depuis 1962, la différence réside, vraisemblablement, dans la définition de "variété".

Asked 2 years ago

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Scoops T.A0Kwiziq community member

Will the Un change in negative sentence?

Le père de Michel travaille dans un hôtel.

Will the un change to d' in the negative form?

Asked 5 years ago

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Thirza O.A2Kwiziq community member

Telling time

If you can say it is seven o'clock at night, sept heures du soir, why can't you say seven o'clock in the morning, sept heures du matin?.......Thirza

Asked 4 years ago

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Hasan D.A1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

writing fractions in order to say "I ate one-seventh of the apples " Do I write

J'ai mangé un septième des pommes or J'ai mangé le septième des pommes
which one is true?

Asked 4 years ago

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Camila P.A0Kwiziq community member

Wording of explanation

I did not get "The masculine adjectives chaud and froid never agree in gender or number, even if the person/thing it refers to is female or plural:" can someone please explain what they meant? maybe some examples? please

Asked 4 years ago

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N. Hilary (Shamrockhill) W.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Chief of Police

Could someone explain the phrase: "marechal des logis chef..." ?

If he is the chief or boss shouldn't it read: "le chef du/de la/d'...." ?

Merci !

Asked 3 years ago

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