#Owen

1 messages · Page 1 of 1 (latest)

proven mulchBOT
#
Please be patient

Our volunteers look into many questions every day; sometimes it takes them a little while to answer.

Pro tip: you can rename the thread title with `.tr <thread name>`

Make it descriptive, including relevant context, but also to the point. This way you improve your chances of getting a more relevant and specific answer.

lyric moat
#

i just dont understand with complements when to keep the definite article or not

#

i know with concepts u keep like de l'amour

#

or like with reine or roi

#

le roi des glaces

#

and in my grammar book it said that places usually keep it

#

but it feels like im missing or misunderstanding something

cunning ingot
#

In general, you keep the article when you want it specific.
manuel de monstres -> it's a textbook about monsters in general as in monsters from all over the world
manuel des monstres -> it's a textbook about a specific kind of monster like maybe monsters in a specific continent

south flower
#

"des" i could imagine in a game for example, where it can encompass all monsters in the context of the game

lyric moat
#

yeh it came for a game

#

thank you

#

why is it "du" here and not "de"

#

honestly this is so frustrating for me lmao i just cant seem to get it

#

like its right there why "yeux de biche" but "complément du nom"

#

i dont know the rule

lyric moat
#

yeux de biche makes sense i mean

#

but why not complément de nom

south flower
#

the other is describing "eyes of A deer", any deer, not a specific deer

lyric moat
#

but complément du nom

#

then nom could be anything

#

the noun could be anything

#

like i understand complément du nom as complement of the noun or the possesive but i just have the impression thats not being used here

#

where "complément de nom" as noun complement

#

but it seems that complément du nom is understood like "noun complement" and i just dont understand why it keeps the le cause with other nouns u dont include it

south flower
lyric moat
#

i simply do not understand

#

thank you for your help though

#

its much appreciated it

#

ill try to ask again but phrase better

south flower
#

it seems like "complément de nom" exists as a variant but it isn't the standard way to say it

lyric moat
#

is what u were trying to say

#

actually nvm