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Combien de choses choisissez-vous pendant les soldes ?

Combien de choses choisissez-vous pendant les soldes ?
How many things do you choose during the sales?
From Lesson 218:Intensity with nouns (tellement de... que)·French

Questions & Answers about Combien de choses choisissez-vous pendant les soldes ?

Why is it Combien de choses and not Combien des choses?
After expressions of quantity like combien (how much/many) or the ones from this lesson like tant and tellement (so much/many), you just use de or d'. You drop the plural article les, so it becomes de choses.
Could I ask this question without using the inverted choisissez-vous?
Yes! Inversion is the most formal way to ask. In everyday spoken French, you will often hear Combien de choses est-ce que vous choisissez ? or keeping the statement order: Vous choisissez combien de choses ?
Why is there an -iss- in the middle of choisissez?
Choisir (to choose) is a regular -ir verb. These verbs add an -iss- before the ending in all plural forms (nous, vous, ils/elles). So for vous, it is chois-iss-ez.
Does les soldes mean 'sales' as in a company's revenue?
No, les soldes specifically refers to the retail discount periods (like the winter or summer sales) where items are marked down. If you mean 'sales' as in a company's revenue or the sales department, you would use les ventes.

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