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Sep 30, 2020 - 07:17 AM
Hi,
this sentence has several specific structures that require time and practice and which are explained little by little in several sessions in the program, but here's a "summary":
Ces sacs-là = Those bags
(Ces sacs-ci would mean: These bags)
sont les plus chers = are the most expensive
(in French as usual both the article and the adjective take on the plural mark: "les", "chers".
To build comparisons we use: plus + adjective : plus cher = more expensive
And to build superlatives we use: le/la/les plus + adjective : les plus chers = the most expensive (ones))
mais je voudrais = but I would like
(vouloir: in conditional "je veux" turns into: "je voudrais")
en avoir un en vert = to have one in green
(the structure is the same as in English, except for "en" which we always add right before the verb whenever we don't mention the object of a sentence, as shown below:
Je voudrais des sacs / I'd like some bags
J'en voudrais / I'd like some
Je voudrais un sac / I'd like a bag
J'en voudrais un / I'd like one)
Je voudrais avoir un sac / I'd like to have a bag
Je voudrais en avoir un / I'd like to have one)
Je voudrais avoir un sac vert / I'd like to have a green bag
Je voudrais en avoir un vert / I'd like to have a green one)
Hope it helped you grasp the idea a little, yet EN is a pretty complex concept so don't hesitate to review the session where we explain it and look for more practice!
this sentence has several specific structures that require time and practice and which are explained little by little in several sessions in the program, but here's a "summary":
Ces sacs-là = Those bags
(Ces sacs-ci would mean: These bags)
sont les plus chers = are the most expensive
(in French as usual both the article and the adjective take on the plural mark: "les", "chers".
To build comparisons we use: plus + adjective : plus cher = more expensive
And to build superlatives we use: le/la/les plus + adjective : les plus chers = the most expensive (ones))
mais je voudrais = but I would like
(vouloir: in conditional "je veux" turns into: "je voudrais")
en avoir un en vert = to have one in green
(the structure is the same as in English, except for "en" which we always add right before the verb whenever we don't mention the object of a sentence, as shown below:
Je voudrais des sacs / I'd like some bags
J'en voudrais / I'd like some
Je voudrais un sac / I'd like a bag
J'en voudrais un / I'd like one)
Je voudrais avoir un sac / I'd like to have a bag
Je voudrais en avoir un / I'd like to have one)
Je voudrais avoir un sac vert / I'd like to have a green bag
Je voudrais en avoir un vert / I'd like to have a green one)
Hope it helped you grasp the idea a little, yet EN is a pretty complex concept so don't hesitate to review the session where we explain it and look for more practice!
