Question 1

Since this lesson is about quelques-uns, how would I use it here to say 'I love a few of them' (referring to the chocolates)?

Accepted Answer

You would say J'en adore quelques-uns. Because un chocolat is masculine, you use the masculine pronoun quelques-uns. Notice that in French, you also need the pronoun en (of them) before the verb, so it literally translates to 'I of them love a few.'

Question 2

How does the French sentence show possession without an apostrophe-s?

Accepted Answer

French doesn't use an apostrophe-s for possession. Instead of saying 'this chocolate maker's assortment', you always have to flip the structure and say 'the assortment of this chocolate maker' (l'assortiment de ce chocolatier).

Question 3

Does chocolatier mean the person making the chocolate, or the shop itself?

Accepted Answer

It can be both! While it technically means the chocolate maker (the person), French speakers often use it to refer to the shop itself. For example, you will often hear people say Je vais chez le chocolatier (I am going to the chocolate shop).

Question 4

Why does this use ce instead of cet for 'this'?

Accepted Answer

Ce is the masculine singular word for 'this' or 'that' when the next word starts with a consonant, like chocolatier. You only switch to cet if the masculine noun starts with a vowel or a mute h (like cet assortiment for 'this assortment') to make the pronunciation flow better.

J'adore l'assortiment de ce chocolatier.

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