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 !
I notice that in the written and dictation practice exercises, the material drawn upon is mainly focused on the level that the exercise is from, and doesn't seem to build as much on the progress of grammatical topics from previous levels.
I find that in doing lessons from lower levels, I often catch myself not knowing something, and it's very humbling. But that's what I'm here to do (I have a premium subscription to progress with Lawless French), to learn another language.
Thank you in advance for any feedback.
Hello, I have a technical question. Why aren’t these called possessive pronouns? Is the term interchangeable with possessive adjectives? It’s been a long time since I’ve been in school, but I don’t remember the term “possessive adjectives” at all. Thank you.
Why "Mon fils travaille (present tense) comme promeneur de chiens depuis quelques semaines" for has been working? and not "Mon fils a été travaillant comme promeneur de chiens quelques semaines"?
What if you want to use a pronoun how would you say it. Example j'ai rendu visite à ma soeur. In this case if I want to replace à ma soeur with a pronoun
The question, "We come from Texas=Nous venons du Texas. How do I know which counties or regions or states are masculine. For example: We come from 'Alabama'. Is this masculine or feminine?
Merci!
John
The above question linked to this page, though it’s not one of the examples given (can’t find "il y a longtemps" elsewhere on the site)
It’s translated as "This story happened a long time ago" and I’m wondering why it’s not "a very long time ago", or is "très" needed for the distant past?
I know that this is not a question related to grammar or vocabulary, but I don't see where else to address the problem since there is no link to report an issue.
While doing this exercise it skipped forward before I could give myself a grade. Because of this, my score was five points lower. Not a big deal, but a little discouraging, since I would have given myself a close to perfect score. Just wondering why this happens sometimes?
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 !
Why is it "la confiture d'abricot" but, "la confiture de la fraise"? Shouldn't it be "la confiture d'abricot" and "la confiture de fraise"?
Or: "la confiture de l'abricot" and "la confiture de la fraise"?
Just curious as to which is correct.
Merci
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