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grim sandBOT Sep 17, 2025, 12:34 AM

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grave hollow Sep 17, 2025, 12:36 AM

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"de" can be used to indicate a mean or manner an action is performed, following the verb and followed by a noun
dessiner de la main gauche to draw left-handed
regarder d’un air admiratif to look at admiringly

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prepositions have multiple use cases and aren't limited to one. "de" itself has over 10: https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/de-preposition/

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De - French Preposition - Lawless French Grammar

The French preposition de is generally summarized as "of, from, or about," but it has quite a few more meanings and uses than that. - Lawless French

nocturne sandal Sep 17, 2025, 12:40 AM

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Oui yeah it has hellaaaa but I was just confused in this part because if how it was like wrote ig in that case I thought it couldn't be written like that cause it wasn't talking about a object like someone talking about cause I was studying up on de and en are used to introduce the material from which ab object is made and it said how de was used well usually used to to indicate a type of object one is talking about then I started surfing prepositions in adverbial clauses of manner and that's when I read up on that and it wasn't talking about a specific topic so I was just confused

grave hollow Sep 17, 2025, 12:41 AM

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wait, so what's your question exactly? in short

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(if you have several type them out separately)

nocturne sandal Sep 17, 2025, 12:42 AM

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Why is it sentenced like this this the example it gave me il me regarde d'un air furieux

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I was confused because on this context i thought d could only be used if it was talking about a object

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And it wasn't thats why I was confused

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grave hollow Sep 17, 2025, 12:46 AM

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well, this use case of "de" is what I explained above
it indicates a means or manner an action is performed.
[verb] + de + [noun] is the construction for it. It answers the question "what are you using to perform the action"

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regarder (look at) + d' + un air furieux (a furious look)
the action being to look at, you are performing the action using a furious look/glance

nocturne sandal Sep 17, 2025, 1:04 AM

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Je comprend merci beaucoup! 😄

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