Breakdown of Mais nous n'avons pas de technicien pour le hall !
mais
but
nous
we / us (object pronoun)
pour
for
avoir
to have
ne
not (used before the verb)
pas
not (used after the verb)
de
of / from / any (in negative sentences) / about (concerning)
le technicien
the technician
le hall
the lobby
Questions & Answers about Mais nous n'avons pas de technicien pour le hall !
Why is it pas de technicien instead of pas un technicien?
In negative sentences, indefinite articles like un, une, or des change to de. Since you are saying you don't have 'a' technician, the expected un becomes de right after the negative pas.
How would I use this lesson's topic to say 'we do not have a technician YET'?
Why is it le hall? Shouldn't the article drop the vowel to become l'hall?
The word hall starts with an 'aspirated h' (h aspiré). Even though the letter 'h' is always silent in French, an aspirated 'h' acts like a hard consonant boundary. Because of this, you cannot contract le to l' in front of it, and you cannot make a liaison with the previous word.
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