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What is the meaning of “l'une” in “Cet homme est l'une des causes de la crise”?
“Il est l'une des causes de la crise” was a recent headline in a French newspaper.
What does l’une des causes mean in this context?
The insertion « l' » preceding a vowel for euphony? “He is one ...
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Comprehension problem: inversion and pronoun meaning
I'm translating a passage of a book concerning Quebec French and I've stumbled on a construction I don't understand (in bold, the rest is the context):
En soi le québécisme devrait constituer la ...
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What does -là at the end of the words mean?
For example:
Cette année-là
Ce type-là
What does -là at the end of the words mean?
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Comme on connaît ses saints, on les honore
The translation of this appears to be:
To know a friend is to respect him
That's completely different from the meaning of the French words.
What's the logic behind the original French sentence? ...
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Qu'est ce que « ceusses » veut dire et comment est-il utilisé?
Que veut dire la phrase
« Ah, que les ceusses d'aujourd'hui fussent aussi grands que les ceusses d'hier ! »
Contexte : pendant une conversation ailleurs, j'ai fait part de ma surprise à ...
