D'abord, ils ont pris des feuilles de papier rouge, orange et jaune,D'abord, ils ont pris des feuilles de papier rouge, orange et jaune,
I'm struggling to see why rouge and jaune are singular.
I know it is correct, for example : des feuilles de papier blanc = white sheets of paper.
Can anyone explain with a simple rule?
I think basically the point is the colours agree with the material, (papier= unaccountable, singular noun in this context), not with the "sheets".
Is there a general rule I can apply , perhaps about en/de + a material ?
I'm guessing it's something like this:
When describing what an object is made of, it is always treated as a singular noun ?
Thanks, Paul.
(l'opera) dont le sujet se trouve être un soulevement (des Napolitians contre leurs opresseur) ...how does this translate I wonder...seems like too many words to me...? The opera in which the subject finds themselves/him/itself being an uprising the neapolatians against their opressers...? Shouldn't it be: The opera in which the subect finds themselves in an uprising...A against B?
Very grateful for a better translation of this sentence!
Michael
Pls is "assez" still serving as adverbe in a sentence where 'être' is used. - "Ma Ville est assez banale". Qu'est-ce que cela veut dire, s'il vous plaît?
Why is "The monster revealed white, sharp canines" = Le monstre a révélé des canines blanches et pointues"
I thought the monster = masculine plural and blanches = feminine plural. They don't match up.
Tu feras tes devoirs pendant que je ferai la vaisselle.
vs
Pendant que tu feras tes devors, je ferai la vaiselle.
Are both of them the same? (that I could use it either at the beginning of the sentence or in the middle to join the two sentences.)
Does the same rule also apply to some other words like "alors que" "tandis que" ?
Merci d'avance pour les réponses !
D'abord, ils ont pris des feuilles de papier rouge, orange et jaune,
I'm struggling to see why rouge and jaune are singular.
I know it is correct, for example : des feuilles de papier blanc = white sheets of paper.
Can anyone explain with a simple rule?
I think basically the point is the colours agree with the material, (papier= unaccountable, singular noun in this context), not with the "sheets".
Is there a general rule I can apply , perhaps about en/de + a material ?
I'm guessing it's something like this:
When describing what an object is made of, it is always treated as a singular noun ?
Thanks, Paul.
Why isn't the first sentence "Qu'est-ce que vous pensez de nouvelles technologies ?" "New technologies" is a general statement, as speakers are not talking about specific tech, and the responder even answers by generally referencing "ces nouveaux appareils."
Hello kwiziq team,
Why is “Une histoire très interéssante” correct? très being a single syllable adverb shouldn’t it be “ une très intéressante histoire” ?
This is very confusing. I have gotten it wrong in quizzes twice because I used a singular verb with the "plural" noun as in Mes vacances coûte.....please explain why I should use a plural verb? In the lesson all the examples show a plural noun (French style) with a singular verb. And, in the examples there are only singular verbs with the plural nouns.
This exercise uses que in two places I don't understand. First, ¨Alors que je traversais un coin...¨ Second ¨J'ai attendu que la depanneuse arrive.¨ I think "alors que" means while. It seems the second usage should be "jusqu'á." I have never seen que used that way.
Can infinitif passé be used with avant de under some circumstances?
Here's an example sentence from my French class:
Il n'ira pas jouer avec ses amis avant d'avoir fini ses devoirs.
The question was to correctly conjugate the verb finir in the bolded place; I'd written finir (infinitif présent) in the first place.
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