pronouns and articles Flashcards
when is the pronoun ‘des’ omitted?
> when it is proceeded by the preposition ‘de’
- ‘avec l’aide d’amies, elle a fini son projet’
> if the verb requires the preposition ‘de’
- ‘elle parlait de choses oubliées depuis longtemps’
> compare ‘elle dejenunait de pommes’
vs. elle déjeunait des pommes qu’elle avait achetés’
when is d’autres used and when is des autres?
> ‘des autres’ is only used when it is the replacement of ‘de les’
what happens to indefinite/partitive articles in the negative form?
(and what is the exception)
> all indefinite/partitive articles are replaced with ‘de’ in the negative form
‘elle n’a pas de chaussures’
EXCEPT when a comparison between a negative and a positive is being made
‘elle ne veut pas des chaussures mais des chaussettes’
what are the masculine singular demonstrative pronouns?
celui
celui-ci
celui-la
what are the feminine singular pronouns?
celle
celle-ci
celle-la
what are the masculine plural demonstrative pronouns?
ceux
ceux-ci
ceux-la
what are the feminine plural demonstrative pronouns?
celles
celles-ci
celles-la
how do you say ‘the right/left one’
ce/celle/ceux/celle qui est a droite/gauche
how do express ‘the former/latter’
the former= ‘celui la’
the latter = ‘celui-ci’
