French language Q&A Forum

Il va au Havre.= He's going to Le Havre. The place name start with 'h" so as per the rule infront of vowel or h we will use l'

But here it is à + le = au

1. I think the translation of this sentence is wrong

On ne doit pas penser qu'à soi : One mustn't think only of oneself.

2.For me, it must be like this: 

One must think only of oneself.

or 'elle a les cheveux longs et blond'. I wonder if 2 of the following are correct also?

elle a des cheveux longs et blonds

elle a les longs cheveux blonds

Sorry, I didn't read the explanation carefully. It's all confusing!!

To my American mind, if I say I bought new boots it does not mean some new boots. It means I bought a pair of new boots, not some. In order to buy some boots I would have to buy 2 or more pairs of boots, unusual. Sometimes your examples are not helpful for me to know the difference in French. Merci