Breakdown of Puisque tu aimes les bibelots, nous allons à la brocante.
tu
you (informal singular)
nous
we / us (object pronoun)
aimer
to like, to love
à
at / to / in (general locations) / about (what one thinks about / reacts to)
aller
to go
puisque
since
le bibelot
the trinket
la brocante
the flea market
Questions & Answers about Puisque tu aimes les bibelots, nous allons à la brocante.
Why use puisque here instead of parce que?
Puisque is used when the reason is already known to the person you are talking to, or when it is an obvious fact. The speaker already knows their friend likes trinkets, so they use puisque to mean 'Given the fact that you like them...'. You would use parce que if you were giving a brand new reason that the listener did not know about.
Why do we say les bibelots instead of des bibelots?
In French, when you use verbs that express likes or dislikes, such as aimer (to like), adorer (to love), or détester (to hate), you must use the definite article (le, la, l', or les). Because you are talking about liking trinkets in general, it has to be les bibelots.
What exactly is a brocante?
Why is 'we are going' translated as just nous allons?
French does not have a separate present continuous tense like English does. The simple present tense nous allons translates to both 'we go' and 'we are going', depending on the context.
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