What to use when speaking about generalities?I'm a little confused because I was under the impression that when you talk about something in general (not a specific thing), then you use le / la / les
For example, "Les trains sont grands" = Trains are big.
Not any one particular train, just trains in general.
In my latest quiz I was asked to translate "Aurélie eats bread."
To me that is a general statement, we're talking about bread in general, not any particular loaf or piece of bread. In the same way you could say "I don't eat meat". So I put "Aurélie mange le pain", but this is apparently incorrect and instead should be "du pain".
I would have thought "Aurélie mange du pain" would translate to "Aurélie is eating some bread", no?
Thanks
Hi, I’ve seen a couple of examples where there seems to be both an argument for the use of the Subjunctive (as the verb follows a “que”), and also an argument for the use of the Imparfait (due to the needs of the tense in the sentence). In both of the examples below the Imparfait “wins”. What’s the right way to think about this situation? Is there really a “competition” here, and a rule for how to resolve it?
“Enfin, et je pense que ma femme serait d'accord.”
“Tu auras grossi pendant que tu vivais en Angleterre.”
Please how will I know this word is a masculine or féminine nous
Quand est-ce qu'on utilise 'bain' ou 'bassin', au lieu de 'piscine'? Il semble que 'piscine' n'est pas correct dans certains cas. Pourriez-vous m'expliquer ça, s'il vous plaît?
Merci.
I'm a little confused because I was under the impression that when you talk about something in general (not a specific thing), then you use le / la / les
For example, "Les trains sont grands" = Trains are big.
Not any one particular train, just trains in general.
In my latest quiz I was asked to translate "Aurélie eats bread."
To me that is a general statement, we're talking about bread in general, not any particular loaf or piece of bread. In the same way you could say "I don't eat meat". So I put "Aurélie mange le pain", but this is apparently incorrect and instead should be "du pain".
I would have thought "Aurélie mange du pain" would translate to "Aurélie is eating some bread", no?
Thanks
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