j'ai mangé la moitié du chocolat j'ai mangé un demi-chocolat
Can you use demi(e) and moitié interchangeably
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Diana S.Kwiziq community member
Can you use demi(e) and moitié interchangeably
This question relates to:French lesson "Demi/moitié/etc = Half in French"
Asked 8 years ago
Bonjour Diana !
In most cases meaning "half", "demi(e)" and "une/la moitié de" are equivalent.
Une demie-baguette / la moitié d'une baguette
However, "demi(e)" refers more to a characteristic of the object (it's a half-thing) rather than a quantity as such.
So in the case of chocolate, you only say "un demi-chocolat" if you actually ate a half (piece of) chocolate, but if you refer to half a given quantity of chocolate, then it will be "la moitié du chocolat" :)
I hope that's helpful!
À bientôt !
In most cases meaning "half", "demi(e)" and "une/la moitié de" are equivalent.
Une demie-baguette / la moitié d'une baguette
However, "demi(e)" refers more to a characteristic of the object (it's a half-thing) rather than a quantity as such.
So in the case of chocolate, you only say "un demi-chocolat" if you actually ate a half (piece of) chocolate, but if you refer to half a given quantity of chocolate, then it will be "la moitié du chocolat" :)
I hope that's helpful!
À bientôt !
Michael S.Kwiziq community member
In other words, one could eat half of a smaller baguette: I could say "J'ai achete une demi-baguette mais j'ai mange la moitié de la demi-baguette"? (Sorry, I don't know how to type the accents). "Demi-baguette" is the name of the item; "la moitie" is the amount I ate, n'est-ce pas?
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