Dance class lesson with dans Le or en

Aurielle N.A2Kwiziq community member

I have read your answer to Liz and it still is not clear concerning “why is using dans le to indicate being in an actual dance class wrong?”

According to the notes: “dans + article + noun is used to refer to an actual physical place.”

A “dance” class is not specific enough??

Asked 4 years ago

CécileNative French expert teacher in KwiziqCorrect answer

Hi Aurielle,

I have looked at the example in question -

I'm in dance class. I'll call you back = Je suis en course de danse, je te rappelle.

Here it clearly refers to the activity and not the room which makes the person unable to take the call.

So only 'en' is correct.

Hope this helps!

Like04 years ago

I have read your answer to Liz and it still is not clear concerning “why is using dans le to indicate being in an actual dance class wrong?”

According to the notes: “dans + article + noun is used to refer to an actual physical place.”

A “dance” class is not specific enough??

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