Questions tagged [grammaire]
La grammaire est l'étude systématique des éléments constitutifs d'une langue.
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« Aller à » : faut-il toujours mettre la préposition ?
Exemple :
Ils peuvent en trouver en faisant leurs courses aux brocantes, aux marchés aux puces, aux magasins d’occase ou aux recycleries.
Est-ce que c’est une bonne phrase, même si l’on utilise « ...
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I am a beginner and I need basic headstart [closed]
Bonjour à tous,
I have started learning French through a tutor. I am a total newbie to it, any help/suggestions/what/what-not-to-dos?
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Pourquoi la tournure « persuader de ce que » est-elle incorrecte ?
Je suis débutant en langue française.
L'entrée persuader du Larousse dit :
Recommandation : Éviter dans tous les cas la tournure incorrecte *persuader de ce que.
Pourquoi est-il grammaticalement ...
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Why is « en » used in this context?
From La Valse Des Arbres et Du Ciel by Jean-Michel Guenassia, the sentence; on ne force pas son destin, on ne peut en modifier le cours à sa convenance uses « en » in which I assume to be as a pronoun....
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"Sembler à qqn" to mean something like "want", in "où bon lui semble"
The following are (non-auto-generated) subtitles of a documentary show about people with mental or physical disabilities having difficulties finding employers who are willing to hire them:
Laurent ...
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What is ungrammatical about these sentences?
Marie n’est pas le comédien que son père était.
Mary.FEM is not the comedian.MASC that her father.MASC was
*Marie n’est pas la comédienne que ...
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Que vous rencontrez ou rencontriez
Which sentence is grammatically correct:
Nous sommes navrés pour le problème que vous rencontrez
Nous sommes navrés pour le problème que vous rencontriez
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Paroles de la chanson « Les Enfants de Toromiro » ?
0:16 ... ?? Tu nous fais franchir l'espace et le temps,
Comme dans nos rêves d'enfant, L'aventure c'est devenir
grand...
[ Générique Les Enfants de Toromiro ]
Quelle sont les premières paroles de la ...
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Is "poindre" or "venir" in "Ce qui allait venir poindre" redundant?
The following sentence appears in an opinion editorial online:
Dès les premiers balbutiements du débat sur les « accommodements
raisonnables », on voyait poindre ce qui allait venir.
DeepL's ...
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Depuis l'avion, de l'avion, en avion
Je montre des photos des Alpes que j'avais prises lorsque j'étais dans l'avion depuis la fenêtre de l'avion.
Dans cette situation, comment devrais-je m'exprimer ?
Voici les photos prises de l'avion
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Pourquoi écrit-on "avec de la musique" dans ce cas ?
Bonjour,
Dans une lettre à Gaston Gallimard, Céline écrit : "Au point de vue émotif ce récit est assez voisin de ce qu'on obtient ou devrait obtenir avec de la musique".
Pourquoi il écrit &...
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La personne « vaccinée deux doses » ?
Une personne pleinement vaccinée (deux doses).
(Risque par rapport à) une personne vaccinée deux doses.
Je viens de voir ça apparaître dans un résumé de la situation au Québec et je l'ai aussi trouvé ...
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Is it correct to repeat the inversion of subject and verb in a question?
In written form, is it correct to repeat the inversion in a question?
For example: "Pensez-vous......, auriez-vous... ?"
The sentence was: "Pensez-vous que jusqu'au 30 août auriez-vous ...
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Is doubling the «que» a thing in French?
If I were to translate a sentence like "I only want you to feel comfortable" from what I know I would say «Je ne veux que que tu sois à l'aise". Do French people actually double the «...
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What is the difference between «entendre parler» and «entendre dire»?
Both «entendre parler» and «entendre dire» are translated by my dictionary as "to hear about" but I've been corrected for using one instead of the other before so I'm wondering what's the ...
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« Toutes des affaires secrètes » : nature, fonction (et donc orthographe) de « tout » ?
Dans une séquence de film on entend un enfant dire :
Le château fort qu'on va faire, là, les murs vont être large « comme
ça », Il va être plus gros que ma maison, plus haut que les
arbres, Il va, il ...
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Why do we need to include the reflexive pronoun in past tense constructions like in Qu'est-ce qui s'est passé?
I find it rather weird that the reflexive pronouns me, te, se etc. are included the passé composé form of reflexive verbs.
Example:
Qu'est-ce qui s'est passé?
Je me suis lavé
Nous nous sommes ...
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"abordera-t'il" : est-ce grammaticalement correct ?
Je suis en train de rédiger un document professionnel. Durant la relecture, un collègue a pointé la phrase suivante comme étant incorrecte :
Ce document présentera le régime alimentaire des licornes, ...
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Que signifie la locution "et de" en debut de phrase ?
Je me suis mise à la lecture de journaux. Je rencontre beaucoup la locution "et de" en debut de certaines phrase. Que signifie-t-elle ?
Par exemple : "Et de rajouter le ministre de l'...
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May I always use a stressed pronoun to replace an animate noun, even when I could have used a direct or indirect object pronoun instead?
I know that the pronoun en can't be used to replace individual/specific humans. The following sentences illustrate this:
(5) J'ai peur de rater mon examen. --> J'en ai peur.
(6) J'ai peur de mon ...
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How incorrect would it be to say "Il lance la balle à moi"?
Is the sentence "Il lance la balle à moi" completely incorrect, or is it merely just awkward and heavy? Or, is it in fact sometimes acceptable in certain contexts (for example, to emphasize ...
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According to the grammar system taught in the Francophonie, is "de + noun" an indirect object?
I am suspecting that the grammar system used to analyse French, that is taught in France (and maybe Québec and other French-speaking regions) has a slightly different framework than the grammar system(...
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In French, can an intransitive verb have an indirect objects
The notes for the DuoLingo French course claim that an intransitive verb, in French, can take an indirect object:
In "Je parle à Jacques", is "parler" an intransitive verb, and &...
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Imparfait and passé composé
I'm struggling to choose between the imparfait and the passé composé for a sentence like "I had a grandfather who passed away because his surgery was a failure".
I know we're supposed to ...
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What are the nuanced differences (if any) between "Acheter à qqn" vs "Acheter pour qqn" when they both mean "for someone"?
I know from this question that the following two sentences:
J'achète un livre à mon ami
J'achète un livre pour mon ami
Can both potentially mean "I am buying a book for my friend"; that is,...
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What is the nuance between "préparer qqch à qqn" and "préparer qqch pour qqn"?
In a different question, an answerer said this:
In all of those uses, the dative pronouns correspond to noun phrases
marked by the preposition à. In one of those uses, it overlaps with
the (...
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How can I use a dictionary to tell me what kind of indirect objects (if any) that "cracher" can take?
I wanted to see how to say "to spit" in French, as in "She was so angry at me, that she spit in my face", or "She was so angry at me, that she spit at me".
First, I do ...
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A question on sentence structure
How do I accurately translate a sentence like "being fast is not important but being accurate is."?
I feel like "être rapide n'est pas important mais être précis est" is wrong, ...
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How can I understand "Je pensais jamais m'en venir à 1000 milles de chez nous, là."? [duplicate]
EDIT:
Here are some links that were helpfully given to me in the comments, that answers my questions:
on "s'en venir": https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/s%E2%80%99en_venir , Il y en a qui s&#...
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Construction following 'faire confidence...'
This sentence is from a novel published in 1960:
'On fit confidence à Piet, avec insistance, de ce qu'il existait un antisémitisme local.'
How can that 'de ce que' be explained grammatically?
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Grammatical correctness, and meaning changes, when changing tense, time words, and "se rendre" vs "être arrivé"
The questions I write here were inspired by trying to understand answers to this question that I had asked earlier.
Note: if you read this long question, you will see that I probably have a great deal ...
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Past participle "rendu" being used as an adjective, but not directly applying to a noun nor using a copula? ("rendue à" meaning "when I went to")
I'm having trouble with the bolded sentence.
(It came from a youtube video with non-auto-generated subtitles. The unbolded sentences are there to give context).
La menace, c'était vraiment de ...
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What does "être à + infinitive" mean?
I'm trying to read this article (linked to in a different French.SE question). The very first sentence gives me difficulty!
L’autorité de Claude Muller en matière d’indéfinis n’est plus à
démontrer.
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Is it correct to say "nous on est là"?
Is it correct to say "nous on est là"? Or is it preferable to say "nous nous sommes là"? Why?
Thanks in advance!
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I want the new cars: "Je veux les nouvelles voitures" or "Je veux la nouvelles voitures" Not obviously just gender/number agreement so read please!
If an adjective comes before its noun then des becomes de like this: J'ai acheté de nouveaux pantalons. Does this rule apply to les as well or does the old "gender and number has to agree" ...
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Question about pronouns
If I wanted to say "If you want to play tennis but your parents don't let you do it, I can help", do I say "Si vous voulez jouer aux tennis mais que vos parents ne vous permettent pas ...
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What is "avec que" in this sentence?
The following is a written description that is displayed on a streaming site, for a Québecois TV Show series called "Le Rêve Olympique". I am having trouble understanding "avec que"...
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Can "parce que" be followed by a noun phrase, instead of a finite clause?
The following was taken from the (non-auto-generated) subtitles of a Québecois TV show:
Régulièrement, des cas de conférences perturbées ou annulées font les manchettes, et à ça s'ajoutent des ...
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Why is "en" used in "j'en ai encore des frissons"? [duplicate]
I encountered the sentence "j'en ai encore des frissons" in a Babbel lesson.
My understanding is that "en" is used to replace a partitive article and noun.
But "des frissons&...
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Qualité de vie or qualité de LA vie? [duplicate]
In my grammar book I had to complete the missing articles in the following exercise:
Les problèmes de circulation, les questions de société, le monde du sport, la qualité de la vie : tous les sujets ...
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When not to use 'de' in negative expressions?
I am having trouble understanding the usage of the indefinite article in the following sentences.
(i) On n'a que des problèmes avec cette machine
(ii) Goûte ça : c'est du cheval ! Ce n'est pas du bœuf....
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Les articles partitifs (du, de) [duplicate]
I am confused whether de is used as it is a negative sentence, but I have seen du in the french translator apps.
nicolas n'aime pas boire _ rhum.
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Doit-on considérer "voici" comme une phrase ou une interjection ?
On trouve à la dernière page de Sodome et Gomorrhe de Marcel Proust :
« Je sais la peine que je vais te faire. D’abord au
lieu de rester ici comme tu le voulais, je vais partir en même
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Use of Passé Simple?
Je lis le Mirador d'Elizabeth Gille (Nemirovsky). Au Chap 8 je trouve:-
Deux choses m'agaçaient particulièrement. D'abord, que ma mère persistât a me traiter en fillette, ...
J'avais cru qu'il ...
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sujet implicite lors de répétitions
J'ai tendance à mettre en évidence les sujets lorsqu'il y a répétition immédiate (c'est-à-dire à supprimer ces répétitions) dans mes phrases. Par exemple:
J'ai pris connaissance de ce document et ai ...
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Où « de la sorte » est-il employé adjectivement etc. ?
On connaît une sorte de chose soit une catégorie, une espèce, un genre etc. De plus on connaît la locution adverbiale « de la sorte » signifiant « de cette manière(-là) » ou « ainsi ». Qu'en est-il de ...
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What is the purpose of putting 'de' before 'être' in: ...et d'être avec eux c'est plus important que la nourriture que je mange
Why does the article 'de' mean here? And what's the purpose of putting it behind 'être'?
Mais ce que j'aime le plus, c'est que je suis avec mes copains et d'être avec eux c'est plus important que la ...
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Why does the pronoun "en" exist here "C'est en savoir plus sur la vie.."
I know that the pronoun en is used to:
• Replace sth that proeeds de, for example:
As-tu de l'argent?
Oui, j'en ai un peu.
J'ai beaucoup de charme.
J'en ai beaucoup.
• Replace the noun after an ...
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Why not "La station du métro" ?
Since the metro is le métro and de+le is du, why don't we say the metro station as "la station du métro" ?
I see another answer for question "Why it's 'de' not 'du' in 'une station de ...
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Questions about if French-English dictionaries will always tell me the prepositions I'm required to use for indirect objects (Penser à/de, Porter de)
PreS: Sorry for the length of this post. I feel like it was important for me to write out explicitly my investigations, because it feels like I repeatedly run into this question every year. Even if I ...
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