Jan 26, 2019 · The French demonstrative pronouns are: celui - masculine singular. celle - feminine singular. ceux - masculine plural. celles - feminine plural. Each of the four demonstrative pronouns can refer to something nearby or far away. That is, celui and celle can both mean "this one" or "that one," while ceux and celles can both mean "these" or "those ex: "du Japon au Brésil", "du Japon au Pérou" For feminine country names beginning with a consonant, you will say " à la " ex: "du Japon à la Belgique", "du Japon à la Colombie" Jun 1, 2022 · Il est huit heures du matin. -> You can add “du matin” to specify “in the morning”. For times in the afternoon from 1.00pm through 6.00pm you can either add “de l’après-midi” or use the 24-hour time. For example: Il est trois heures de l’après midi. It’s 3.00pm. Il est quinze heures. It’s 3.00pm. The same goes for the evening. Feb 14, 2020 · De dessus and De dessous. De dessus/De dessous is fairly rare. It means from on top of / from underneath . Prenez vos livres de dessus la table. Take your books from/off the table. Il a tiré de dessous sa chemise un livre. He took a book from underneath his shirt. Mar 30, 2019 · Common French Expressions Using 'Bien'. Avoir la langue bien pendue – To be a facile talker; to have the gift of gab. On verra bien ! – We'll see! S'y prendre bien – To do a good job; handle something the right way. There are many french phrases that use 'bien'. The "public good" and "good and evil" are just a few idioms using the word. 1. You are right that Nous mangeons du chocolat is often what you want to say - for "We are eating chocolate*. But Nous mangeons le chocolat can be used at least in these two cases I can think about: le chocolat refers to one of these chocolates in a box. There are 20 chocolates in the box and we are eating one (OK it's strange if many people May 23, 2015 · 1. Well, “je ne mange pas du gâteau” refers implicitely to some cake you could eat (like “de ce gateau”). “Je ne mange pas de gateau” is ambiguous: you don't eat this cake, or you are saying you don't eat cake in a more generic way. So, as you are expressing she never eats chocolate, “de” is appropriate. May 13, 2017 · La bouteille de Coca que j’ai acheté e est sans bulles. The bottle of Coke that I bought is flat. Dont. Referring to either people or things, dont replaces de + an object in a relative clause. Some expressions in French automatically have de attached to it, hence the usage of dont is required here. For example, parler de (to speak of), avoir Oct 18, 2020 · à means -"at" "of" in" "to" de means "of" and "from" en means "in" dans means "in" "inside of" "to" sur means "at / out of / on top of / and when referring a city name it means "in" e.g sur Paris but interesting thing is, despite this they call Bordeaux as "à Bordeaux" and if i want to say "a forest in France" translated as "une forêt en France" Dec 12, 2023 · Noble families often have several surnames, including one referring to the fief; for example, Chandon de Briailles, de Bourbon de Vendôme, or Dubois d'Ernemont. Particles [edit | edit source] Some French last names include the word De- ("of") or Du- (contraction for de + le = "of the"). The particle generally indicates some land or feudal 9EwdHuZ.