Learn French: La plupart de nos clients remarquent l'amélioration. - Most of our clients notice the improvement.

La plupart de nos clients remarquent l'amélioration.

Most of our clients notice the improvement.

Breakdown of La plupart de nos clients remarquent l'amélioration.

notre

our

le client

the client / the customer

Questions & Answers about La plupart de nos clients remarquent l'amélioration.

Why is the verb remarquent in the plural when la plupart is a singular word?

With quantity phrases like la plupart de (most of), the verb agrees with the noun that comes after it, rather than the word plupart itself. Since nos clients (our clients) is plural, the verb takes the plural form remarquent.

Would it ever be la plupart des clients?

Yes! The phrase is la plupart de followed by the specific group. Because this sentence says "our" clients, we use de nos clients. If you wanted to say "most of the clients," you would combine de and les to make des, resulting in la plupart des clients.

Do I pronounce the -ent at the end of remarquent?

No, the -ent ending on third-person plural verbs is completely silent in French. You pronounce remarquent exactly the same as the singular form remarque. You know it is plural in spoken French because of the plural subject nos clients.

Is l'amélioration related to the French word for "better"?

Yes! It comes from the verb améliorer (to improve), which shares a root with meilleur (better). Adding the suffix -ation turns it into the feminine noun amélioration (improvement), a pattern you will see often in French.