Breakdown of Nous allons aux magasins pour acheter des fruits.
nous
we / us (object pronoun)
des
some (plural indefinite)
le magasin
the store
le fruit
the fruit
pour
for
acheter
to buy
aller
to go
aux
to the, at the (plural) / with (flavoured with, in dish names) / with (having as a feature)
Questions & Answers about Nous allons aux magasins pour acheter des fruits.
Why is it aux magasins and not à les magasins?
In French, the preposition à (to/at) combined with the plural definite article les (the) always contracts into the single word aux. You will never see à les written together! Since magasins is plural, we use aux to say 'to the stores'.
Why does the sentence use pour acheter to mean 'to buy'?
In French, when you want to express the purpose of an action ('in order to do something'), you use the preposition pour followed by the infinitive (the unconjugated dictionary form) of the verb. So, pour acheter means 'in order to buy'.
Why is there a des before fruits when the English translation just says 'fruit'?
Do I pronounce the 'x' in aux?
Is magasins related to the English word 'magazines'?
No, it is a classic 'false friend'! The French word un magasin means 'a store' or 'a shop'. If you want to talk about a publication you read, the French word is actually un magazine.
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