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[covert falcon]

@brazen elm

[brazen elm]

So right, firstly

The article agrees with the nearest noun it attaches to, not the whole phrase

So

Je mange du dinde et du porc

[covert falcon]

ohh

[brazen elm]

And probably also avec du pain because it's 'some' bread (this is called article partitif

[covert falcon]

whats the difference between des and du

is it like a masuculine / feminine thing

[brazen elm]

So des for plural of both genders

Du for masculine singular

De la for feminine singular

[covert falcon]

ohh alright

[brazen elm]

Je ne mange pas de la pomme de terre - I don't eat potatoes (generally)

Je mange du pain - I'm eating bread

Je mange des baguettes

This one is self explanatory I feel

[covert falcon]

yes thankyou

i understand now

[brazen elm]

I would also probably say 'La nourriture me plaisait'

Rather than J'ai aimé la nourriture

[covert falcon]

do they mean the same thing or

[brazen elm]

There's a slight differemge in terms of the tense

[covert falcon]

cause ima be honest i didnt know the past tense of “J’adore” so i googled it and used that

[brazen elm]

Plaisait is imparfait so generally happened over a longer time than J'ai aimé

[covert falcon]

ohh alright

[brazen elm]

And really aimer is more for general situations I find

Also collège is what would be middle school to an American

And people tend to use the article with that

Le collège

[rigid wolf]

Présent : je lis le livre
Passé composé : j'ai lu le livre
not lus

[covert falcon]

oh fr? my tutor told me it was general for school tho im not entirely sure

[brazen elm]

À + le = au

[brazen elm]

Nah I'd find that weird

[covert falcon]

thankyou

[covert falcon]

oh okay

[brazen elm]

Not giving francophone vibes

Anyways if you were to say collège you'd say au collège

Because French when spoken doesn't really distinguish singular or plural well for most nouns so they just use a billion articles to make it clear

[covert falcon]

agh alright

[brazen elm]

That's really the main thing

The verbal participles only get declined like adjectives BTW when the object is a pronoun

[covert falcon]

so apart from some article and sentence bits i did pretty good ?

[brazen elm]

And would you be surprised to learn this is also due to French being bad at distinguishing it's pronouns in speech

[brazen elm]

Definitely!

For a beginner 100%

[covert falcon]

ohh

[brazen elm]

You'll iron out the kinks later

[covert falcon]

it took me a while to know when to put ‘pour’ in sentences like ‘J’utilise mon portable pour…’

[rigid wolf]

Don't forget to complete the passé composé
"Je suis allé et j'ai joué
You forgot "j'ai"

[covert falcon]

pronouns are pretty confusing already with how they change verbs so i should really focus on that soon tbh

[brazen elm]

Oh boy wait for that landmine to explode when you learn the subjunctive

[covert falcon]

ohh thankyou

[brazen elm]

It's similar to English, I mean we do the same thing

They just do more of it cause we're cringe

[covert falcon]

true but just takes some getting used to

[brazen elm]

Oh definitely

Especially if it's your first time learning that

There are bigger fish in the sea though

[covert falcon]

yeah

anyway thankyou for helping me

[brazen elm]

No worries

Just ping if you have any more questions

[thick merlin]

Nop dinde : féminin, donc "de la dinde"

Du porc, avec du pain, des pommes de terre (on met souvent un pluriel pour les pommes de terre) et de la salade.

Et j'ai joué (l'auxiliaire est obligatoire au passé composé, sauf construction spécifique)