Breakdown of Plusieurs freelances détestent la contrainte des horaires.
de
of / from / any (in negative sentences) / about (concerning)
détester
to hate
le
him, it (masculine direct object pronoun)
la
her, it (feminine direct object pronoun)
plusieurs
several
le freelance
the freelancer
l'horaire
the schedule (m)
la contrainte
the constraint
Questions & Answers about Plusieurs freelances détestent la contrainte des horaires.
Why is there no de after Plusieurs, unlike with words like beaucoup?
Does the English loanword freelances follow normal French plural rules here?
Why do we say des horaires instead of just d'horaires here?
Here, des is the mandatory contraction of the preposition de and the definite article les. It refers to 'the constraints of the schedules', pointing to the specific, known concept of traditional working hours.
How is horaires different from heures if both can translate to 'hours'?
While both relate to time, un horaire specifically refers to a schedule, timetable, or set working hours. If you just meant 'hours' as a unit of duration, you would use heures.
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