On the phrase On ne doit pas parler la bouche pleine, how come avec is not necessary to translate it to "with the mouth full"?
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La bouche pleine
Bonjour Diego,
The preposition "avec" can be used with "parler" but not to express "with the mouth full":
Il parle avec aisance = He speaks with ease
Marc parle avec son collègue =Marc speaks with his colleague
Ton fils parle bien le français = Your son speaks French well
Il parle la bouche pleine = He speaks with the mouth full
I hope this is helpful.
Bonne journée !
Salut Diego,
You raise an interesting point.
Normally we would expect to see the verb parler being used with a preposition (intransitive usage).
In this case, the verb is being used with a direct object (transitive usage), The direct object is "la bouche pleine".
I see this as being "a style" of speaking albeit rather impolite, but grammatically valid.
Let's see what a staff expert can offer to further clarify this grammatical structure.
Bonne continuation.
Jim
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