Singular adjectives with singular collective nouns in FrenchAfter reading the page: "Is this English Correct", which I found to be very informative and interesting, I have a question regarding some examples given:
"Tom's family are farmers" and "Tom's family is wealthy."
First of all - what a great example of the ambiguities of this particular grammatical issue! And, I agree that both of the sentences sound correct to my native american ear.
Given that "la famille" is singular in French, I would assume that the adjectives would also be singular.
"La famille de Tom est agriculteur." and;
"La famille de Tom est riche."
Both of these phrases sound right to my ear.
I suggest that adding a few examples such as these to the lesson might be helpful. It would underline how the adjectives are singular in French with the singular noun, even when we might use the plural in English. ("Tom's family are farmers.")
Merci !
Why aurait and not ferait, after all, elle fait froid.
Selon Reverso, les textes français utilisent les deux. Mais est-ce que tous les deux sont corrects ?
After reading the page: "Is this English Correct", which I found to be very informative and interesting, I have a question regarding some examples given:
"Tom's family are farmers" and "Tom's family is wealthy."
First of all - what a great example of the ambiguities of this particular grammatical issue! And, I agree that both of the sentences sound correct to my native american ear.
Given that "la famille" is singular in French, I would assume that the adjectives would also be singular.
"La famille de Tom est agriculteur." and;
"La famille de Tom est riche."
Both of these phrases sound right to my ear.
I suggest that adding a few examples such as these to the lesson might be helpful. It would underline how the adjectives are singular in French with the singular noun, even when we might use the plural in English. ("Tom's family are farmers.")
Merci !
Here is a link to the song on YouTube, which works for me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=up_IUfCFHao
The lesson for "lire" shows an example of "the people read"= on lit
I think the example of the people elect the prime minister should be les gens elit??
The answer " en dernier septembre " given. The durations mentioned in this lesson does not put the "duration" in front of the proper noun. Why? is this a mistake!
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