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Qàtrè
Qàtrè
01:57
@jlliagre Oh, merci beaucoup. #RosettaStoneTOTALe teaches this sentence "nous sommes + jour de la semaine" as a way of telling the names of the days of the week. So, that's the formal manner to do that. Thank you.
@jlliagre Oui, that's why it seems strange to me. You've truly mentioned the lack of preposition in this case. I can add that one says "It's saturday." in english, and "امروز شنبه است." in persian. In both these cases, there is a preposition that makes the sentence clear to understand.
@jlliagre When I intended to ask this question, I guessed maybe there is a preposition in the sentence which is being ignored actually, but when you responded that is the formal way to do that, I made sure that it is normal in le français.
@jlliagre And yes, reading your good response, I remembered that Duolingo's French course translates the indefinite gender-neutral pronoun "one" to "nous". Unfortunately I didn't completed that course and I decided to learn French by Rosetta, so I could not remember that point before asking my question.
Excuse me again, considering your good answer, I have another question: Why does one say "en été", "en automne", and "en hiver"; but "au printemps"?
I'm not sure, but I think "au" means "à le" while "aux" means "à les". If yes, why does one say "au printemps", but not "aux printemps"? Why is spring plural in french?
jlliagre
jlliagre
02:25
@Qàtrè Printemps is singular despite its ending just like "le temps", from which it derives - Latin: "primus tempus") is singular too. There are quite a few words like that: "dos", "os", "souris", "tapis", "puits", "mois", "bras"...
 
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Qàtrè
Qàtrè
08:12
@jlliagre Oh, merci pour votre aide !

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