ive obviously missed something, but why do we need les here when tous means all (ofthem)?
il les a tous lus
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Carol W.Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
il les a tous lus
This question relates to:French lesson "Tout/tous/toute/toutes = Everything/all (of them)/whole/completely in French"
Asked 3 years ago
Il les a lus -- He read them.
Il a lu tous les livres. -- He read all the books.
Il les a tous lus. -- He read them all.
Jim J. Kwiziq Q&A super contributor
Hi Carol,
Let's look at this another way. Il les a lus -- He has read them. "les" being the direct object pronoun.
To add a bit more information -- Did he read them all or just some of them?
He actually read them all -- "Il les a tous lus"
Does this help?
Jim
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