manaviya

[spice scaffold]

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.

[pseudo lynx]

Combien is for a COUNTABLE quantity

i learnt the hard way

you can ask: what level do you have in french

Quel est ton/votre niveau de français?

[pseudo lynx]

For example:
Combien ça côute? - How much does this cost
Combien de temps tu as appris le français - how much time (for how long) did you learn french
Combien de tasses du café tu as bu? - How many cups of coffee did you drinmk?

[calm estuary]

Combien de tasses de café*

Also "how much time" on the second one

Combien doesn't have to be countable (like in "combien de temps") but generally you want some kind of tangible quantity

[pseudo lynx]

in some technicality you can count time

[calm estuary]

One time, two time?

[pseudo lynx]

non mec, one second, one hour

one month

one year

[calm estuary]

That's not temps

Temps is uncountable

[pseudo lynx]

bah oui mais non

[calm estuary]

Which is my point

[pseudo lynx]

the concept of temps is countable

[calm estuary]

But you're using an uncountable word, is my point

Hence "you generally want some kind of tangible quantity"

Aka "ideally you want to theoretically be able to quantify whatever you're describing"

Still doesn't have to be counting

Combien de lait

"Combien de français connais-tu?" Is alright