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Trupti B.A1KwizIQ community member

Adjectif+ noun and des

Bon jour,

I still don't understand why des changes to de or d' . If it's a vowel it's fine but adjectif+ noun ,why in this case . Why des changes ,how does it make a difference to the sentence.

In case of partitive article ,while doing negation des changes to de as there is no quantity. That's understandable.

What's the rule here ,as it's article des.

Thank you.

Asked 8 years ago

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Maarten K.C1KwizIQ Q&A super contributor

Liste des courses was not accepted as correct

"Courses" is plural and 'liste des courses' is the translation of shopping list in the bilingual Larousse.

Wordreference does list both - 'liste de courses' and 'liste des courses'

https://www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/anglais-francais/shopping_list/611408

Asked 5 years ago

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engenious e.C1KwizIQ community member

ClarityI think that your examples might be clearer if you divided them into three parts groups than two: 1.Supplemental Group Do you have /another/some other/ idea(s) (as well)? 2.Different Group I would like to try /a different/some other/ jumper(s) (in stead). 3.Desciptive He speaks about France and /about other/ countries. Greg.

Asked 8 years ago

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Kristina N.KwizIQ community member

how to use the months of the years in sentences

Asked 5 years ago

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Barbara D.C1KwizIQ community member

In a writing challenge - I'll be five minutes at most.

In "I can't find my shirt!" this sentence -I'll be 5 minutes at most.- was translated as - J'en ai pour 5 minutes maximum.-

Can someone explain this translation? Is it an expression? I am not familiar with this construction. My translation was "Je reviens dans cinq minutes au maximum." Would this translation be acceptable?

Asked 7 years ago

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Sahu C.A1KwizIQ community member

Vous êtes vendeuses.'' Who am I talking to?

the options were joseph and tom, grace, grace and tom, grace and anna.

now, what will be the answer and why would that be specifically? the person can be speaking with anyone.

Asked 5 years ago

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Lee H.C1KwizIQ community member

Sorry, my question was incomplete. I was marked wrong for using "J' avais'l'habitude de ....."

Asked 8 years ago

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