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- "Her red dress has pockets."
"Her red dress has pockets."
Translation:Sa robe rouge a des poches.
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When speaking of possessive words, one uses "sa," "son," or "ses." It doesn't matter if you're using he, she, her, or his. What matters is the gender of the word being possessed.
So, if I said, "Her wine," it would look like "Son vin."
If I said, "His wine," it would look like "Son vin."
If I said, "Her dresses," it would look like "Ses robes."
If I said, "His dresses," it would look like, "Ses robes."
If I said, "Her daughter," it would look like, "Sa fille."
If I said, "His daughter," or would look like, "Sa fille."
It will give the meaning if the specific word. The hint doesn't account for the context.
You always need an article in French. If you're not speaking of "the" pockets, but are speaking of "pockets," then you will need to figure out which of the following three articles to use:
du de la des
My understanding is that you use "du" for masculine words, "de la" for feminine words, and "des" for plural words.
Because "pockets" is plural and does not have the English article "the," you use "des."
La is an article? I thought that was only used to show the actual presence if "the"
The "la" I used is in conjunction with "de" so it doesn't translate to "the." It's "de la," not "la."
I also read somewhere about the "du" and "de" usage. And if I understand this correctly, then you use "de" when there is a countable object, and "du" when it is some ambiguous amount of an object. For example, if I want a slice of pizza, I use "de," but if I want pizza, then I use "du."
No. it it was singular, you would write "sa robe rouge a une poche" des is the plural of un/une These are the undefined articles for countable nouns
"du", "de la" (eventually shortcut as "de l' ") are partitive (sorry, I do not know the name in English) articles, for things that you cannot count. Examples: "du lait, de la bière, de l'eau".
The way I see it, you have to have des/du etc. when you talk about things (living/dead) in french. That's the way language is.. You might wanna go with it until you get a better reply.
I wrote rouge robe. How do you know when the adj goes after or before the noun?
Colour descriptors always follow the noun. Only beauty, age, and a few other kinds of adjectives ever go before the noun.
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"leur" (never leure), masculine or feminine, is the equivalent of "their", when the possessor is plural.
Why 'sa robe rouge' not 'sa rouge robe'? And why 'des poches' not 'de la poches'?
When using colors you place the color behind the word you are describing, Do I know why? No, no I don't... And 'des poches' vs 'de la poches' Because pockets is plural you would use the plural form of 'de' and not 'de la' because 'de la' translates as 'of' or 'thence'.
