Re: CHAT: Definite/Indefinite Article Distinction
| From: | Jan van Steenbergen <ijzeren_jan@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, September 9, 2002, 5:29 |
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--- bnathyuw wrote:
> > If you count "des" really as an article, you ought to include "du",
> > "de la" etc. as well. But in fact, this is just the combination of a
> > preposition with the definite article.
>
> i' ve seen french described as having THREE articles :
>
> indefinite: un/une/des
> partitive: du/de la/des
> definite: le/la/les
>
> where the first two have convergent forms in the
> plural ( with some exceptions of usage )
>
> but this might have been the grammarian's pet theory .
Not at all, this is exactly the way I learnt it in school. I had completely
forgotten about this distinction. Oh well, so many years already...
Jan
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