Learn French: La plupart des rues sont cachées dans la brume fantomatique. - Most of the streets are hidden in the ghostly mist.

La plupart des rues sont cachées dans la brume fantomatique.

Most of the streets are hidden in the ghostly mist.

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Questions & Answers about La plupart des rues sont cachées dans la brume fantomatique.

Why is the verb plural (sont) when the subject starts with the singular phrase La plupart?

With la plupart (most), the verb agreement actually depends on the noun that follows it. Since des rues (streets) is plural, the verb must be plural (sont). If it were followed by a singular uncountable noun, like la plupart du temps (most of the time), the verb would be singular.

Why does cachées have an -es at the end?

Just like the verb, the past participle caché must agree with the noun that follows la plupart. Since des rues is feminine plural, you add -es to make cachées. This is because it is being used with the auxiliary verb être to form the passive voice.

Why is it la plupart des rues instead of la plupart de rues?

While most expressions of quantity take a simple de (like beaucoup de rues or trop de rues), la plupart is a major exception that learners often mix up. It requires the definite article alongside de. Here, de + les contracts to form des.

Could I put the adjective fantomatique before the noun, as in la fantomatique brume?