"We have some money and we spend some of it on our family."
Translation:Nous avons de l'argent et nous en dépensons pour notre famille.
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Why de l'argent instead of d'argent? The last question I used the first and was told the second was correct, so this time I used the second and was told the first. I am confused.
d’argent - of money e.g. I have the bag of money (j’ai le sac d’argent)
de l’argent - some money e.g. I have some money (j’ai de l’argent)
I answered '... nous en dépensons un peu pour notre famille.' and not sure if that is right but the answer given 'nous en dépensons pour notre famille.' seems to ignore the sense of 'some of it'
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According to my friend who speaks French as his first language, the French don't differentiate between "we have money" and "we have some money". Both are: Nous avons de l'argent.
But isnt there a difference between spending some of the money vs spending it on something? Or perhaps in french you would need to specify 'tout l'argent' if you want to imply all?
Yes but it's the same in English , we don't need the word 'it' which thankfully confuses the translation !!
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if duo is your only source for learning this language. you will be very badly disappointed. https://www.wordreference.com/fren/en
I put "... nous en dépensons une partie..." but it was marked wrong. There must be a way to differentiate in French between "we spend it" and "we spend some of it"!
Same here. The given translation is possible, but adding "une partie" should never be considered wrong.
Not at all , it would then be "nous LE dépensons pour notre famille" To spend only part of this money is written "nous EN dépensons..." Hope it clarifies
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need to distinguish between spending it (the money) and some of it. therefore 'on dépense une partie pour notre famille' should be accepted
On is accepted - On a de l'argent et on en dépense pour notre famille.
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I read the following: This rule applies to either something in general or something specific, look closely here :
Une gare de train (general, any station)
La gare du Nord (specific, the one in the North)
Now back to d’argent (general) and de l’argent (specific) :
Une enveloppe d'argent
L’enveloppe de l’argent pour ses courses.
d’argent - of money e.g. I have the bag of money (j’ai le sac d’argent). here, argent is used to describe what you have, le sac.
de l’argent - some money e.g. I have some money (j’ai de l’argent). here, l’argent is what you have some of.
Going quietly mad !! Last time nous avons de l'argent was marked wrong it should have been nous avons d'argent and this time that is marked wrong - a hint as to the reason would be really helpful Duo
doesn't this imply that we are spending all of our money or is this a context thing
I answered "nous avons des l'argent et nous en dépensons une partie pour notre famille" and marked incorrect, why?
The translation of this sentence just seems completely wrong... "WE SPEND SOME MONEY"??? We spent some of the money .... or ..... we are going to spend some of the money
I'm at a loss as to when to use de l'argent, argent, d'argent, l'argent. What's the rule? Anybody know?
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it depends on the verb + its construction : j'aime l'argent, je veux de l'argent, j'ai besoin d'argent. I dont' find sentence with "argent" alone. (french speaker)
