Breakdown of Nous avons assez de pain.
Questions & Answers about Nous avons assez de pain.
Why do we say assez de pain instead of assez du pain?
Normally, "some bread" is du pain. But just like the phrases from this lesson (beaucoup de and un peu de), assez de (enough) is an expression of quantity. After expressions of quantity, you always use a plain de without the word for "the", so it never combines to form du. Is assez de used exactly like beaucoup de?
Yes! They follow the exact same grammatical rule. Assez de means "enough (of)", and you place it directly before the noun to describe amounts, just like you would with beaucoup de (a lot of) or un peu de (a little bit of). What if we had enough of a plural item, like apples? Would it be assez des pommes?
No, the de stays exactly the same! Whether it is a masculine uncountable noun like assez de pain (enough bread) or a plural noun like assez de pommes (enough apples), these quantity expressions always lock in a plain de (or d' before a vowel). Do you pronounce the "s" at the end of nous in this sentence?
Yes, you do. Normally the "s" in nous is silent. But because avons starts with a vowel, that "s" wakes up and makes a "z" sound to smoothly connect the two words. This is called a liaison. You pronounce the first two words as "noo-zah-vohn". Learn Nous avons assez de pain and more in French
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