Confused by DONT in French?

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Confused by DONT in French?

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French in Plain Sight

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@patscott8612 11 ай бұрын

Relax DONT do it.

@lisaahmari7199 8 ай бұрын

😂😂

@jol4342 Ай бұрын

I never have, but perhaps now I know, I will. 😆

@mybestideas1 11 ай бұрын

Excellente explication, merci Alex ! J'ai deux amis dont l'un est français. La destination dont elle rêvait. L'ami dont le chien est malade. Il y a un autre sens, qui pour moi était le plus facile à retenir, c'est lorsque dont signifie "y compris" (including): J'ai acheté deux manteaux, dont un pour l'hiver. J'ai trois enfants, dont deux qui sont au collège.

@antonventer8532 5 сағат бұрын

You have a good channel. I am from South Africa and am currently learning french on my own. Your channel helps alot. Do you also do private online lessons?

@gillianomotoso328 11 ай бұрын

Essentially, it means “of which”. Or “of whom”. Like “to which given [a qui donné]”. But really it’s based around the Latin “de unde” (from where).

@EricaNernie 11 ай бұрын

In the old days, we we had it drilled into us not to end a sentence with a preposition - a silly rule based on the rules of Latin, so it comes naturally to a certain generation to say "of whom" or "to which". Or as Winston Churchill said: This is a rule, up with which I will not put. 1. J'ai deux amu dont un est francais. 2. La destination dont elle a r^eve' 3........ L'ami dont le chien est malade

@JenniferA886 11 ай бұрын

I always thumbs up your vids… as soon as they start

@FrenchinPlainSight 11 ай бұрын

I appreciate that so much Jennifer!

@radwankerallah344 6 ай бұрын

YOU ARE A LIFE SAVER

@joelchomat1352 11 ай бұрын

Il n'y a pas que les Anglais qui font la faute je connais beaucoup de Français qui ne savent pas utiliser le mot "dont:" ou qui ne l'utilise pas du tout.

@bernardmansire8642 11 ай бұрын

thanks ""TEACHER

@user-yw6be6pq2h 11 ай бұрын

J’ai deux amis dont un francais La destination dont elle a rêvé L’ami dont son chien est mal Thank you as always for the explanation - is there somewhere with a list of common verbs that have preposition de? And why did you list Renouncer a’? Sorry if I’ve missed something, Sarah x

@bernadetteolave1752 Ай бұрын

Merci!❤

@PhilJonesIII 11 ай бұрын

I have slapped my wrist already. Read the title of the video too quickly and thought you had dropped the apostrophe in don't. Fais pas ca moi.

@lisaonthemargins 11 ай бұрын

BUT WHATS THE ANSWERS TO THE QUIZ QUESTIONS

@Amorwian 11 ай бұрын

That's the interactive part of the video = ) You have to give your best answer here in the comments and Alex will help you correct your mistakes if you have any. Good luck! 🤞

@MZafar-ro8yt 9 ай бұрын

Great lesson. Merci mon ami 😊

@europeangoddess4361 8 ай бұрын

Great job...alex❤🌹🙏

@user-eb3zt7sn7i 11 ай бұрын

J’ai deux amis dont l’un qui est français La destination dont elle a rêvé (ou rêvait) L’ami dont son chien est malade

@Seizesix 11 ай бұрын

L'ami dont le chien est malade. (Il est clair qu'il s'agit du chien de l'ami.)

@muhammad5360 7 ай бұрын

Merciiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii ❤

@dariavinnikova4678 8 ай бұрын

Merci!!

@FrenchinPlainSight 8 ай бұрын

De rien !

@BhushanKumar-ms6rt 11 ай бұрын

🎉🎉🎉

@kidsworldenglish9818 7 ай бұрын

j'ai deux amis dont un est français

@kidsworldenglish9818 7 ай бұрын

la destination dont elle a rêve

@perisama27 11 ай бұрын

Can we use "que" instead dont?

@FrenchinPlainSight 11 ай бұрын

Non :)

@tommyzDad 11 ай бұрын

Hi, Alex. Through my subscription to another French language teacher I get newsletters that contain some well-known (I guess at least to the French-speaking) quotes, and when I paste them into Google translate (to confirm what I think I'm reading) the translation comes out in ways I did not expect. Example: *"Avant de dire quelque chose, il faut s'assurer que le silence ne soit pas plus important."* Google translates it to, "Before saying something, you have to make sure that the silence is not more important." 1) Would you explain the grammar behind _avant _*_de_*_ dire?_ 2) How does *_il faut_* translate to *_you_*_ have to?_ 3) How does _soit,_ (English: either) lose its meaning in the sentence above?

@FrenchinPlainSight 10 ай бұрын

1. Avant de + verb = before + -ing. Just the way it is :) 2. Il faut with a reference to the person is, technically, just a general statement. But in reality, you'll often hear it used that way when the people involved is clear from context. In your example, it's a general piece of advice so no specific person is specificed. "Il faut s'assurer que" = "One has to make sure that...". Better to not translate word for word this expression, and just start saying it because you'll sound more French than if you say "je dois". 3. "soit" is also the subjunctive present for "est", which is its role in that sentence. Il faut que introduces the subjunctive.

@brennanstock3896 10 ай бұрын

Alex's explanation is great and you should definitely use "il faut" a bunch but if you are having a hard time with it like I did it helped me a lot to translate "Il faut" as "it is necessary (to)..." so the sentence would read "it is necessary to assure oneself that the silence is (subjunctive) not more important." The reflex verb here "s'assurer" is also implying the use of the pronoun "on" rather than you directly.

@FRENCHFAIRE 11 ай бұрын

Le sœur dont j’ai parlé est malade. Memorizing prepositions after verb, easier said than done.

@FrenchinPlainSight 11 ай бұрын

Still worthwhile advice though :)

@FRENCHFAIRE 11 ай бұрын

LA sœur, Pardon !!! Oui Tes astuces sont toujours sages. @@FrenchinPlainSight

@Avighna 5 ай бұрын

Are these right? J'ai deux amis, dont l'un est français. La destination dont elle a rêvé. L'ami dont le chien est malade.

@user-ne4wp8hu5k 11 ай бұрын

1] j'ai deux amis dont un Francais 2] La destination dont elle a reve 3] l'ami dont sa chien est malade

@joelchomat17 11 ай бұрын

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@AuroraReussi 11 ай бұрын

1. Jai deux amis dont un qui est français. 2. La destination dont elle a rêvé. 3. L'ami dont le chien est malade...

@FrenchinPlainSight 10 ай бұрын

Oui ! Ou "dont un français" pour numéro 1.

@nicholaswoods9976 11 ай бұрын

J’ai deux ami dont l’un est français. La destination dont elle a rêvé. L’ami dont chien est malade.

@yohanannatanson4199 10 ай бұрын

Truth is a lot of French people can't use "dont" properly, orally and even in writing. It is often incorrectly replaced by "que". My father (who was a philosophy teacher) used to repeat this gimmick: "C'est moi que je suis le prof de français qu'on vous a causé..."