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 !
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It is my understand that both of them mean 'the one'
Just wondering why the passé composé is used in this phrase. Thanks for your response.
Is the pronunciation of the 's' optional in tandis que?
Hia - in the lessons notes, it says: "If subjects, verbs, and objects confuse you watch the cartoon video explaining them. They're easier than they sound."
Can you advise where the video is to watch? Maybe I am missing the obvious ;-)
Hello, how is the word ‘fence’ spelt in French? I wrote clôture and was marked wrong.
Cheers :)
est on peut utiliser quiconque dans le phrase "je pourrais forcer n'importe qui à dire la vérité,"- je pourrais forcer quiconque à dire la vérité,
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 !
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