Learn French: Les paparazzis insistent tant qu'ils restent toute la nuit. - The paparazzi insist so much that they stay all night.

Les paparazzis insistent tant qu'ils restent toute la nuit.

The paparazzi insist so much that they stay all night.

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Why use tant que here instead of tellement que?

Actually, you can use either! When expressing intensity and a consequence with a verb, both tant que and tellement que mean so much that. You could just as easily say Les paparazzis insistent tellement qu'ils restent toute la nuit.

How do I pronounce the -ent at the end of insistent and restent?

The -ent ending on conjugated French verbs in the they form (ils/elles) is completely silent. You pronounce insistent exactly like the singular form insiste, and restent just like reste.

Why is it toute la nuit instead of tout la nuit?

The word for all or whole (tout) must agree with the noun it describes. Because la nuit (the night) is a feminine noun, you have to use the feminine form of the adjective, which is toute.

Why does paparazzis have an s at the end?

It is a borrowed Italian word. While the Italian plural is just paparazzi without an s, French treats it like a regular French noun and adds an s to make it plural.