Nov. 10, 2022
Mes amis animaux
Bonjour mes amis! Mais vous n'êtes pas mes seulement amis!
J'ai un ami qu'est un chat noir; il est très beau et mignon aussi. Il aime jouer dans la rue, mais il cours toujours quand les voitures vennient! Il ne s’appelle pas un nom.
Mon ami animal préfère est un bon orange chat qu'il s'appelle Apricot. Il est très gentil, plus gentil que le chat noir. Il visite moi tous les jours... après je trouve lui cacher sous la voiture de ma voisine!
Il a les cheveux oranges qu’ont vraiment doux. Il a les jolis yeux jaunes. Il aime manger la norriture de chat. Il reste avant ma maison et il aime dormir près de mes pieds.
Il est un petit mignon homme! J’adore lui… J'adore tous les deux.
Votre amie,
Kadma
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Mes amis animaux
Bonjour mes amis ! Bonjour mes amis !
Mais vous n'êtes pas mes seulements amis !
Mais vous n'êtes pas mes seuls amis !
"seulement" is an adverb; "seul" an adjective
J'ai un ami qu'i est un chat noir ; il est très beau, et mignon aussi.
J'ai un ami qui est un chat noir ; il est très beau, et mignon aussi.
Il aime jouer dans la rue, mais il courst/fuit toujours quand lesune voitures vennient !
Il aime jouer dans la rue, mais il court/fuit toujours quand une voiture vient !
This ending would be a bit more natural
Il ne s’appelle'a pas unde nom.
Il n'a pas de nom.
"s'appeler" can only be completed by an actual name. Otherwise, you can say "il n'a pas de nom"
Mon ami animal préfèreéré est un bon orange chat qu'ilgros chat orange/roux qui s'appelle Apricot.
Mon ami animal préféré est un bon gros chat orange/roux qui s'appelle Apricot.
Subject relative pronoun = qui
Le chat (subject) s'appelle Apricot => un chat QUI s'appelle Apricot
"chat orange" is alright, but "chat roux" is more common
Il est très gentil, plus gentil que le chat noir.
Il me rend visite moi tous les jours... après, je le (re)trouve lui cacheré sous la voiture de ma voisine !
Il me rend visite tous les jours... après, je le (re)trouve caché sous la voiture de ma voisine !
"visiter" is used for elderly, sick or disabled people. Paying someone a visit as a friend is "rendre visite"
The neutral object pronouns are: me, te, le/la, nous, vous, les
"lui" and "moi" are emphatic pronouns used after prepositions or in some contexts to highlight a contrast between subjects or objects
Il a les cheveux oranges qu’onune fourrure rousse et vraiment douxce.
Il a une fourrure rousse et vraiment douce.
Only humans have "cheveux" (on their heads). Animals have only "poils", or "une fourrure"
The word would be great here (plus the feminine agreement makes "rousse" and "douce" rhyme!)
Il a lesde jolis yeux jaunes/dorés/or.
Il a de jolis yeux jaunes/dorés/or.
"doré" or "or" (both meaning "golden") would imply a better conotation than "jaune"
Il aime manger de la nourriture depour chat.
Il aime manger de la nourriture pour chat.
With "boire" or "manger", the indefinite plural is always used
Il reste adevant ma maisonchez moi et il aime dormir près de/à mes pieds.
Il reste devant chez moi et il aime dormir près de/à mes pieds.
"avant" is "before" in a temporal sense; "devant" is "in front of" (physical sense)
"chez + pronoun" is often the best solution when it comes to people's houses
Il est un petit mignon hommevraiment super chou !
Il est vraiment super chou !
"chou" literally means "cabbage" but it can also mean "cute" in the colloquial language
"homme" would sound very odd, since you're talking about a cat
J’e l'adore lui… J'… Je les adore tous les deux.
Je l'adore… Je les adore tous les deux.
Same observation as above about object pronouns
Votre amie,
Kadma
Nov. 14, 2022
J'ai un ami qu'i est un chat noir ; il est très beau, et mignon aussi.
Why is the correct form “qui est” and not “qu’est”? My understanding was that vowels contract and are replaced with an apostrophe? Is there a rule for when we use contractions?
Nov. 14, 2022
Mon ami animal préfèreéré est un bon orange chat qu'ilgros chat orange/roux qui s'appelle Apricot.
Subject relative pronoun = qui
Le chat (subject) s'appelle Apricot => un chat QUI s'appelle Apricot
"chat orange" is alright, but "chat roux" is more common
Are there rules for descriptors like colors — when to use "orange" rather than "roux" — or is it the equivalent of saying ginger or redhead in English?
Nov. 14, 2022
Il me rend visite moi tous les jours... après, je le (re)trouve lui cacheré sous la voiture de ma voisine !
"visiter" is used for elderly, sick or disabled people. Paying someone a visit as a friend is "rendre visite"
The neutral object pronouns are: me, te, le/la, nous, vous, les
"lui" and "moi" are emphatic pronouns used after prepositions or in some contexts to highlight a contrast between subjects or objects
Apologies, but I don’t understand the part about the pronouns!
How do we know when to say something like “Elle te rend visite” rather than “Elle visite toi”? In this instance, you've explained the context (one is to visit a friend, one is to visit someone in a specific context) but in other contexts, how do we know when we'd use the "neutral object" pronouns instead of the the lui/moi/elle etc.?
Nov. 14, 2022
Il aime manger de la nourriture depour chat.
With "boire" or "manger", the indefinite plural is always used
How do we know when to use "pour" instead of "de"? And the additional "de" before "la nourriture" has confused me further...
Nov. 14, 2022
Il a les cheveux oranges qu’onune fourrure rousse et vraiment douxce.
Only humans have "cheveux" (on their heads). Animals have only "poils", or "une fourrure"
The word would be great here (plus the feminine agreement makes "rousse" and "douce" rhyme!)
That is so adorable!
Nov. 14, 2022
Il est un petit mignon hommevraiment super chou !
"chou" literally means "cabbage" but it can also mean "cute" in the colloquial language
"homme" would sound very odd, since you're talking about a cat
I was trying to anthropomorphize the animal — “cute little man” — but I don't know if that's common in French, haha! Calling him a lil' cabbage is so sweet, though!
Nov. 14, 2022
A few answers to your questions:
1) "Que" can be contracted, "qui" cannot (it sometimes happen in the spoken/colloquial language but it's not standard French). Here, you need a subject relative pronoun, so that would be "qui", not "que".
2) People are definitely "roux", and so are animals, ex "un renard roux" (nobody would say "un renard orange"). "Un chat orange" definitely sounds less noble. "Roux" theorically encompasses colors ranging from carrot orange to copper and red, so don't hesitate to use it. Things like carrots are "orange".
3) As I mentioned, the emphatic pronouns (which can be subjects or objects) are used when emphasizing the pronoun and after prepositions. Ex: « MOI, je parle anglais » (implying: you don't, he/she doesn't etc), « je veux aller en ville avec TOI »
They are also used in some nominal sentences, ex « mon frère pardonne facilement, MOI pas » ("my brother easily forgives — I don't)
So, in a neutral sentence, it would be => Elle TE visite
Nov. 14, 2022
4) This would be too long to explain, but generally, "pour" is used to indicate the purpose of something, just like "à". However, it's not common at all: in most cases, you'll find "de" or "à". Really, no need to overthink it.
5) In this case, you can say "c'est UN petit bout de chou" ("un bout de chou" is especially used for babies). The most common terms to anthropomorphize animals are "fifille" (for females) and "pépère" (for males), both of which are terms of endearment based on "fille" and "père", respectively.
Nov. 15, 2022
Merci beaucoup pour votre temps! (and your help, too)
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Il a les cheveux oranges qu’ont vraiment doux.
Il a Only humans have "cheveux" (on their heads). Animals have only "poils", or "une fourrure" The word would be great here (plus the feminine agreement makes "rousse" and "douce" rhyme!) |
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Bonjour mes amis! Bonjour mes amis ! Bonjour mes amis ! |
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Mais vous n'êtes pas mes seulement amis!
Mais vous n'êtes pas mes seul "seulement" is an adverb; "seul" an adjective |
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J'ai un ami qu'est un chat noir; il est très beau et mignon aussi.
J'ai un ami qu |
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Il aime jouer dans la rue, mais il cours toujours quand les voitures vennient!
Il aime jouer dans la rue, mais il cour This ending would be a bit more natural |
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Il ne s’appelle pas un nom.
Il n "s'appeler" can only be completed by an actual name. Otherwise, you can say "il n'a pas de nom" |
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Mon ami animal préfère est un bon orange chat qu'il s'appelle Apricot.
Mon ami animal préf Subject relative pronoun = qui Le chat (subject) s'appelle Apricot => un chat QUI s'appelle Apricot "chat orange" is alright, but "chat roux" is more common |
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Il visite moi tous les jours... après je trouve lui cacher sous la voiture de ma voisine!
Il me rend visite "visiter" is used for elderly, sick or disabled people. Paying someone a visit as a friend is "rendre visite" The neutral object pronouns are: me, te, le/la, nous, vous, les "lui" and "moi" are emphatic pronouns used after prepositions or in some contexts to highlight a contrast between subjects or objects |
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Il a les jolis yeux jaunes.
Il a "doré" or "or" (both meaning "golden") would imply a better conotation than "jaune" |
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Il aime manger la norriture de chat.
Il aime manger de la nourriture With "boire" or "manger", the indefinite plural is always used |
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Il reste avant ma maison et il aime dormir près de mes pieds.
Il reste "avant" is "before" in a temporal sense; "devant" is "in front of" (physical sense) "chez + pronoun" is often the best solution when it comes to people's houses |
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Il est un petit mignon homme!
Il est "chou" literally means "cabbage" but it can also mean "cute" in the colloquial language "homme" would sound very odd, since you're talking about a cat |
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J’adore lui… J'adore tous les deux.
J Same observation as above about object pronouns |
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