Word
Nous avons des options pour l'éclairage, dont quelques-unes ne sont pas encore prêtes.
Meaning
We have options for the lighting, some of which are not yet ready.
Part of speech
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Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Nous avons des options pour l'éclairage, dont quelques-unes ne sont pas encore prêtes.
être
to be
nous
we / us (object pronoun)
des
some (plural indefinite)
prêt
ready
Questions & Answers about Nous avons des options pour l'éclairage, dont quelques-unes ne sont pas encore prêtes.
How is dont being used here to mean 'of which'?
In this sentence, dont introduces a subset of the previously mentioned group, des options. When you want to say 'some of which', 'two of which', or 'none of which' in French, you use dont followed by the pronoun that represents that subset. Here, dont quelques-unes translates to 'of which some' or 'some of which'.
Why use quelques-unes instead of just quelques or quelques-uns?
Quelques on its own is an adjective meaning 'a few' and must be followed by a noun (like quelques options). Because we are replacing the noun here, we need a pronoun. We use the feminine plural quelques-unes because it refers back to des options, which is a feminine noun. If it referred to a masculine noun, it would be quelques-uns.
Why does prêtes have an -es at the end?
Could I use la lumière instead of l'éclairage for 'the lighting'?