Singular adjectives with singular collective nouns in FrenchAfter reading the page: "Is this English Correct", which I found to be very informative and interesting, I have a question regarding some examples given:
"Tom's family are farmers" and "Tom's family is wealthy."
First of all - what a great example of the ambiguities of this particular grammatical issue! And, I agree that both of the sentences sound correct to my native american ear.
Given that "la famille" is singular in French, I would assume that the adjectives would also be singular.
"La famille de Tom est agriculteur." and;
"La famille de Tom est riche."
Both of these phrases sound right to my ear.
I suggest that adding a few examples such as these to the lesson might be helpful. It would underline how the adjectives are singular in French with the singular noun, even when we might use the plural in English. ("Tom's family are farmers.")
Merci !
"Parvenir" goes with être and "Convenir" goes with avoir (unlike venir) in Passé composé?? Same goes for "Survenir" (goes with être) and "Subvenir" (goes with avoir). Where can I find all such cases of Venir??? The list given on Kwiziq does not have these verbs - https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/revision/grammar/verbs. Please help.
J'ai vu recemment la chanson avec video 'Sacre Charlemagne' sur YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AH-a22xge-c (1964). Ca me semblait une chanson charmante mais aussi un peu bizarre!
(Desole, mon ordinateur ne fait pas les accents)
I had this same question, as I forgot the above lesson, so I thought I should respond as it would save others time. The question related to: 'si je POUVAIS, j'aurais été astronaute.'
I am just wondering why 's'envolait' (a one-0ff event), when above this sentence you had written 'Il a travaillé extrêmement dur', which would have been over a much longer time period.
After reading the page: "Is this English Correct", which I found to be very informative and interesting, I have a question regarding some examples given:
"Tom's family are farmers" and "Tom's family is wealthy."
First of all - what a great example of the ambiguities of this particular grammatical issue! And, I agree that both of the sentences sound correct to my native american ear.
Given that "la famille" is singular in French, I would assume that the adjectives would also be singular.
"La famille de Tom est agriculteur." and;
"La famille de Tom est riche."
Both of these phrases sound right to my ear.
I suggest that adding a few examples such as these to the lesson might be helpful. It would underline how the adjectives are singular in French with the singular noun, even when we might use the plural in English. ("Tom's family are farmers.")
Merci !
Hi.. I am getting this message when I try to test a recent topic.. it is in my notebook and I have accessed it from my notebook.. how do I quizz a topic that I am concentrating on? (Last quizzed about a week ago.)
This lesson is already in your notebook. Go to your notebook now to kwiz this topic as many times as you like
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Kwizbot et j'en ai profité pour visiter le musée Gustave Moreau.
You et j'ai pris l'opportunité pour visiter le musée Gustave Moreau??I don't understand!!! Help!!
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