Breakdown of Les lits dans les hôtels sont très grands.
Questions & Answers about Les lits dans les hôtels sont très grands.
Since the current lesson is about il y a (there is/there are), why isn't it used here?
Il y a states that something exists, like saying "There are beds in the hotels" (Il y a des lits dans les hôtels). This sentence isn't stating that the beds exist; it is describing what they are like. We use sont (are) because we are saying "The beds... are very big". How do I pronounce les hôtels?
You pronounce it "lay-zoh-tel". The letter 'h' in hôtels is silent, so the word acts like it starts with a vowel. This causes the normally silent 's' in les to be pronounced as a "z" sound that links to the next word. This linking is called a liaison. Why is there an 's' at the end of grands?
In French, adjectives (describing words) must match the noun they describe. The noun being described here is les lits (the beds), which is plural. So, we add an 's' to the adjective grand (big) to make it plural too: grands. The 's' at the end remains completely silent! Why do we use dans for "in" here?
Dans means "in" or "inside" when referring to a specific physical location, building, or container. Since the beds are physically located inside the hotels, dans is the exact right word to use. Learn Les lits dans les hôtels sont très grands and more in French
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