"He is having breakfast."
Translation:Il prend le petit déjeuner.
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It means 'he is having a breakfast' here the article a is not correct, in english, do we say so? We say 'he is having breakfast' and when we translate it to french 'le accompanies with the breakfast. Every noun has an accompanying article in french, like le fruit, le salade, l'oeuf. But, when we say so in english, it just translates as fruit, salad and egg. Say, il prend les fruits. Translates as 'he is having fruits' Hope it helps you.
"Il prend le petit déjeuner" is also correct, but "son" is much more common in this context
So do I understand correctly: One should say, "He is having HIS breakfast" or "She is having HER breakfast"? (As opposed to saying, "He is having THE breakfast." But definitely NOT, "He is having breakfast.")
As you know, all French nouns require an article. Here the the possessive article is the most appropriate.
You have a cool last name since I already know it means "black" and "dark". :)
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When speaking about food or having a meal, "prendre" is the best way to explain having a meal or something to eat :).
Doesn't "prendre" mean "to get or obtain"? Shouldn't a conjugation of "avoir" (to have) be more appropriate?
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Hi, why "il prend un petit déjeuner" is not acceptable? The english sentence is: "having breakfast" and not "having the breakfast" (le petit..)
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Help me understand why "Il mange le petit dejeuner" is incorrect. I understand now that "Prendre" is the preferred verb.... but he IS eating breakfast so I am confused why this would not be accepted at all. Merci
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When explaining someone having food, as in a meal, you can use the verb "prendre" or the verb that goes with the meal, for example, to say "I am having dinner", you could say "Je prends le dîner" or "Je dîne". Hope this clears some confusion :D
The only thing I can see is your use of a hyphen. You also have the word “Lui” at the beginning. That might be a problem as well.
"il petit-déjeuner" was the answer in red. Confused. "he breakfast"?
I think it was 'Il petit-déjeune' and would most likely translate as "He breakfasts", as a verb.
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That is not how you corrected me, you wrote “ Il petit dejeune” which makes no sense to me
I think DL would reject that because you have "prends" which is the form used with first and second persons singular ("je prends", "tu prends").
For third person singular, the correct form is "prend" (no s).
You have also missed out an acute accent, i.e. "déjeuner", which DL would warn you about.
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This is re: a diff question. Cant find a way on phone use accents and litergates. None of the recommendations seem to work on lg phone model lk 10.
The “prenons” verb form of the verb “prendre” is used with “nous” ....we are having.....nous prenons. The statement that is offered is “Il prend” or “he is having” in English.
