Breakdown of La plupart des rues sont cachées dans la brume fantomatique.
être
to be
dans
in, inside
la rue
the street
cacher
to hide
la plupart de
most of
la brume
the mist
fantomatique
ghostly
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?
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?
In everyday French, no. While a few common adjectives come before the noun (like bon or petit), descriptive and classifying adjectives like fantomatique (ghostly) almost always go after it. Placing it before the noun is sometimes done in literature for a highly poetic effect, but it would sound unnatural in standard speech.
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