Breakdown of Il nous a confirmé la disponibilité des vols.
il
he
nous
we / us (object pronoun)
avoir
to have
de
of / from / any (in negative sentences) / about (concerning)
le vol
the flight
le
him, it (masculine direct object pronoun)
la
her, it (feminine direct object pronoun)
confirmer
to confirm
la disponibilité
the availability
Questions & Answers about Il nous a confirmé la disponibilité des vols.
How would I use the pronoun lequel to ask "Which ones did he confirm?" based on this sentence?
Why does the pronoun nous go before a instead of before confirmé?
In compound tenses like the passé composé, object pronouns (like nous) are always placed in front of the conjugated helping verb (a). You can never put an object pronoun between the helping verb and the past participle.
Does confirmé need to agree with nous or la disponibilité?
No, it remains confirmé. With the helping verb avoir, the past participle only agrees with a direct object if it comes before the verb. La disponibilité is the direct object here, but it comes after the verb. Nous comes before the verb, but it's an indirect object ("to us"), which never triggers agreement.
In des vols, is des being used as the indefinite article meaning "some"?
No, here des is a mandatory contraction of de + les, meaning "of the" flights. It connects "the availability" to "the flights". If you wanted to say "the availability of (some) flights" in a more general sense, French would drop the definite article and just use de: la disponibilité de vols.
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