Question 1

Why do we use le même instead of just même?

Accepted Answer

In French, when expressing "the same [noun]", même acts as an adjective and must be preceded by a definite article (le, la, or les) that matches the noun. Since style is a masculine singular noun, we use le même.

Question 2

How do we translate the word "as" from the English meaning?

Accepted Answer

The word "as" is translated here using que. The complete structure for "the same... as" is le/la/les même(s) [noun] que. Here, que connects the shared item (le même style de vêtements) to the people you share it with (vous).

Question 3

Why is it de vêtements and not des vêtements since clothes are plural?

Accepted Answer

We use de without a plural article because vêtements acts as a category that describes the previous noun. The phrase style de vêtements literally means "style of clothing." When a noun modifies another noun to tell us its type or kind, we almost always link them with a simple de.

Question 4

What form of pronoun is vous at the very end of the sentence?

Accepted Answer

It is a stress pronoun (also called a disjunctive pronoun). After comparison words like que, you must use a stress pronoun (like moi, toi, lui, or eux). The stress pronoun for "you" is vous, which happens to look exactly like the normal subject pronoun.

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