Omission of articles for standalone nounsHi all,
A discrepancy has arisen with one of my other language learning tools: when requesting answers in translating freestanding nouns, the app sometimes requires that an article be present, ie, "la banque" but other times that the article be omitted, "suite" (for "sequel"). My understanding is that in French the article may be omitted when talking about the general idea of a noun (and a few other exceptions, such as with professions and in certain constructions using "de" but also that its omission would never be required in that context.
In other words, my instinct is that, when prompted to provide the word for "sequel" one could say "suite" (freestanding only, of course) but saying "la suite" would also be correct. The corrections of the learning app seems to suggest that some nouns require omission of the article, which I felt I should report as inaccurate correction.
Is my understanding correct? Just to avoid any confusion, I am aware that nouns used in a complete sentence need the article; I am only concerned with the inclusion/omission for standalone nouns.
Thanks in advance!
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Why mes progrès not mon progrès please explain
Hi all,
A discrepancy has arisen with one of my other language learning tools: when requesting answers in translating freestanding nouns, the app sometimes requires that an article be present, ie, "la banque" but other times that the article be omitted, "suite" (for "sequel"). My understanding is that in French the article may be omitted when talking about the general idea of a noun (and a few other exceptions, such as with professions and in certain constructions using "de" but also that its omission would never be required in that context.
In other words, my instinct is that, when prompted to provide the word for "sequel" one could say "suite" (freestanding only, of course) but saying "la suite" would also be correct. The corrections of the learning app seems to suggest that some nouns require omission of the article, which I felt I should report as inaccurate correction.
Is my understanding correct? Just to avoid any confusion, I am aware that nouns used in a complete sentence need the article; I am only concerned with the inclusion/omission for standalone nouns.
Thanks in advance!
Speaking about vegan activists this week, News in Slow French used these forms. I can't even find them on conjugation sites! Are they la voix passive? They don't use "par"...
"Boucheries ont été vandalisées ces dernier mois."
"Magazins ont été aspergés de faux sang."
D'autres ont eu brisées les vitrines."
Very confusing. Thanks for your help!
https://www.newsinslowfrench.com/slow-french/384/news/3
We are asked to translate ‘Sprinkle with salt and pepper’.
The two possible answers that are given are:
1, Saupoudrez avec du sel et du poivre
2. Saupoudrez de sel et de poivre
I understand why du is correct as as it is used with ‘uncountable’ nouns which in this case are sel and poivre.
Could you please explain why de sel and de poivre are also correct.
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