Je pense que les deux sonnent mal. Je tournerais plutôt la phrase comme suit : Je lisais le journal de Mickey. qui est assez explicite sur le fait qu’on ait lu plusieurs numéros, grâce à l’utilisation de l’imparfait. Si on ...
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What is happening grammatically in the street name “Rue de Seine”?
Business EditorsThe name of this street goes back to the end of the 15th century (ref.). There seems to be no particular principle dictating this construction rather than the usual one ; this rather haphazard practice is found for instance (carried ...
After which verbs there shouldn’t be partitive article?
Business EditorsJ’aime le vin/j’aime les pommes. Nous achetons des pommes/de bonnes pommes/ du bon fromage/nous achetons le vin (le fromage, les fruits) au supermarché. Whether you use the definite article (le la les) on its own or with de before it ...
When should I use an article?
Associations EditorsFrench nouns almost always require an article in French so that would be: Elle aime le lycée. This sentence is perfectly idiomatic. Le lycée is likely here the high-school she studies in, work at, or just refer too but might ...
Why are “de” and “des” both ok in the following sentence?
Associations EditorsThe second sentence is incorrect, des is required here. A reason that might explain why the translator was mistaken is that peut être and peut s’agir are synonymous but the latter use de: Il peut s’agir d’attentats, c’est à dire ...
Pourquoi est ce que l’on dit “ton adresse” alors que le mot est féminin ?
Business EditorsEffectivement, c’est parce que le nom en question commence par une voyelle que l’on utilise ‘Ton’ à la place de ‘Ta’, afin de faciliter la prononciation. Ainsi on prononcerait cela : Ton n’adresse Il y a d’autres exemples de ce ...
Using “à des” instead of “aux”
Associations EditorsIndeed, the use of “tels que” as an influence and Google traduction is correct in this case. In this sentence, “aux” ‘d have been put if you like playing video games “in general”. On the other hand, you will often ...
Is “des” in “dont les yeux roulaient des larmes” an indefinite article or “de” + “les”?
Associations EditorsThe sense seems to be: Les yeux de l’enfant roulent des larmes. So it’s a direct object, like ‘rouler une cigarette’. For ‘rouler du cul’ (same for ‘des hanches’), the meaning is ‘from the ass’, not ‘some ass’. Like ‘puer ...
Is “juste une petite peu de la musique” proper French?
Business EditorsThere’s just one mistake it’s not Juste une petite peu de la musique but Juste un petit peu de musique You can’t always trust what they say in music videos, movies & animes. I’ll take a very famous example, the ...
Indefinite article with possessive adjective
Associations EditorsC’est du mon riz is impossible because it would be using two consecutive definite determiners: – le, article and definite determiner contained in the partitive article du (→ de+le) and – vos which is a possessive definite determiner. But one ...