Word
Mon oncle a deux maisons et trois appartements.
Meaning
My uncle has two houses and three apartments.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
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Breakdown of Mon oncle a deux maisons et trois appartements.
et
and
la maison
the house
avoir
to have
l'appartement
the apartment (m)
Questions & Answers about Mon oncle a deux maisons et trois appartements.
Do numbers like deux and trois change depending on whether the noun is masculine or feminine?
No, most numbers in French stay exactly the same regardless of gender. The only exception you have learned so far is the number one, which changes between un (masculine) and une (feminine). For two and three, it is always just deux and trois whether you are counting masculine apartments or feminine houses.
I see an "x" on deux and an "s" on trois. Did they get plural endings because there are multiple things?
No, the "x" in deux and the "s" in trois are simply part of how these numbers are naturally spelled. Unlike nouns and adjectives, numbers do not get extra letters added to them when they represent a plural amount. Notice that the nouns maisons and appartements do get an extra "s" added to their ends to show they are plural!
How do I pronounce trois appartements? Do I pronounce the "s" at the end of trois?
Just to refresh, why is the verb a used here instead of est?