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Toute la famille vient une fois par mois.

Toute la famille vient une fois par mois.
The whole family comes once a month.
From Lesson 76:The indefinite adjective (tout, tous)·French

Questions & Answers about Toute la famille vient une fois par mois.

Why is it Toute la famille instead of Toute famille?
When using a form of tout to mean 'the whole' or 'all the', you must include the definite article before the noun. Since famille is a feminine singular word, we use Toute la.
Why does vient take the singular form if a family has many people?
Even though a family has multiple members, the word famille itself is grammatically singular because it is one group. Therefore, it takes the 'he/she/it' form of the verb venir, which is vient.
Could I use une fois un mois to mean 'once a month'?
No, French uses the word par (per) to express frequency over time. To say how often something happens in a given period, you use par, such as par jour (a day), par semaine (a week), or par mois (a month).
Can I use fois to mean 'time' in general, like 'I do not have time'?
No, fois is only used for countable occurrences, like 'one time' (une fois) or 'several times' (plusieurs fois). When talking about time as an overall concept or duration, French uses the word le temps.

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