"I hate wearing clothes that are too tight."

Translation: Je déteste porter des vêtements qui sont trop serrés.

[ajlockhart]

Shouldn't it be les instead of des? It seems like a general statement rather than specific. Wouldn't des be more suitable if you're talking about specific clothes that are too tight?

[Rizanola]

I think the way it works is that you extend backwards from the "porter". So, "I am wearing clothes that are too tight" would be "Je porte des vêtements qui sont trop serrés". And then you can claim to hate that specific act, "Je deteste porter des vêtements qui sont trop serrés"

[RJohn711736]

That's my question as well

[doublelingot]

Je déteste porter des vêtements qui sont trop serrés. Je déteste les vêtements qui sont trop serrés.

[MandyB11]

Another reason not to trust Google Translate! I'm revising this subject, and had a moment of doubt, so I put my French sentence in (which fortunately turned out to be correct!). However, even though it translated it identically to the English sentence given, on clicking "reverse translate" it gave my answer minus qui sont - i.e. _ je déteste_ des vêtements trop serrés ! I'm glad I didn't trust it because it just felt "off".

[HarishAbbe3]

Don't we use "Les" with verbs of appreciation ( deteste, aime,adore etc ) so shouldn't be there Les instead of Des......

[Rizanola]

I think the "porter" prevents that from applying in this case.

[Kerry74836]

Can someone help me with qui vs que?

[choracavaco]

"Qui" is always a subject, "que" is always a direct object:

• "Je n'aime pas les vêtements qui sont trop serrés" ("vêtements" is the subject of "sont trop serrés");

• "Je n'aime pas les vêtements que tu as achetés" ("vêtements" is the direct object of "tu as achetés").

[Betty446802]

choracavaco, thanks for this clear and simple explanation. Can you now give us the same sort of simple clarity for les/des?

[Monty987789]

Thanks, that makes it clear. Up to now, I have always been guessing which one to use.

[JoanSmith0]

DES v LES again. Although I was correct in using "des" for this sentence, but confused as to why it's not LES. As in I hate wearing ALL clothes (implied) that are too tight not just some clothes

[Barb312018]

If it's "des" it means that the speaker only hates "some" clothes that are too tight, right?!!!

[--Roody--]

No. It's a restrictive clause, meaning you hate "some clothes", specifically the ones that are too tight.

[stupefaite]

j'ai horreur de porter ... -> accepted

[Brian826478]

Excuse me, but shouldn't this translation to French start with " Je déteste DE porter..." as I thought "de porter" means "wearing" and "porter" means "to wear"?

[MandyB11]

It all depends on the word before porter as to whether there is a de or à after it. It's connected to the first verb, not the second. There's a whole bunch of verbs that require one or the other to follow - e.g. ressembler à and se souvenir de. Détester doesn't require a preposition. HTH :)

Collins "French Dictionary Plus Grammar" has a few pages dedicated to this subject. It's a very useful book!

[qwUL3]

"Étroits" should be another acceptable translation for "tight", I think. Reported.