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Tes parents aiment la salade.

Tes parents aiment la salade.
Your parents like salad.
FromLesson 25inHardcore French

Breakdown of Tes parents aiment la salade.

aimer
to like
tes
your
le parent
the parent
la salade
the salad

Questions & Answers about Tes parents aiment la salade.

Why is it tes and not ton or ta?
  • The possessive agrees with the noun that is owned, not with the owner.
  • parents is plural, so you must use tes (your, plural, informal).
  • Singular examples: ton père (masculine), ta mère (feminine).
  • Vowel exception: with a feminine noun starting with a vowel or mute h, use ton for ease, e.g., ton amie.
When would I say vos parents instead of tes parents?
  • Use vos when you are addressing more than one person, or when you are addressing one person formally with vous.
  • Informal, one person: tes parents. Formal/you-plural: vos parents.
Why does the verb end in -ent (aiment) if that part isn’t pronounced?
  • aiment is the third-person plural (they) of aimer in the present.
  • The ending -ent is silent in speech but required in writing.
  • Singular vs plural:
    • Ton père aime la salade.
    • Tes parents aiment la salade. (same pronunciation of aime/aiment)
How do I pronounce the whole sentence naturally?
  • Rough guide: teh pah-RAHN zem lah sah-LAHD.
  • Tips:
    • parents ends with a nasal vowel; the final -ts is silent.
    • In careful speech there’s a liaison between parents and aiment: the s in parents sounds like a z (parents aiment → …z-…).
    • aiment sounds like èm.
    • salade ends with a clear d sound.
Why is it la salade (with the) when English just says salad?
  • With verbs of preference like aimer, adorer, préférer, détester, French uses the definite article to talk about things in general.
  • So: J’aime le chocolat, Ils détestent la pluie, Tes parents aiment la salade.
Could I say de la salade, les salades, or une salade here?
  • Not for a general liking. Use:
    • de la salade with consumption: Ils mangent de la salade (they’re eating some salad).
    • les salades if you mean salads as a category or several kinds: Ils aiment les salades composées.
    • une salade for a single salad dish or a head of lettuce: Ils prennent une salade.
  • For a general like/dislike with aimer, keep the definite article: la salade.
How do I turn this into a yes–no question?
How do I say it in the negative?
  • Tes parents n’aiment pas la salade.
  • Because aiment starts with a vowel, ne becomes n’: n’aiment.
How do I replace la salade with a pronoun?
  • Since la salade is definite and feminine singular, use la, which becomes l’ before a vowel:
    • Tes parents l’aiment.
    • Negative: Tes parents ne l’aiment pas.
  • If you had a partitive like de la salade, you’d replace it with en: Ils en mangent.
Does aimer mean like or love?
  • With things (food, activities), aimer = like.
  • With people, aimer often means love.
  • To soften or strengthen:
    • aimer bien = quite like
    • aimer beaucoup = like a lot
    • adorer = love (for things)
    • détester = hate
Does salade only mean salad?
  • It can mean a salad dish or lettuce, depending on context.
    • Grocery context: une salade often = a head of lettuce.
    • More specific word for the plant: la laitue.
  • Idiom note: raconter des salades = to tell tall stories/nonsense.
Why not say les tes parents?
  • French doesn’t stack determiners. You choose one: a possessive (tes) or a definite article (les), never both.
  • Correct: tes parents or les parents (the parents, in general), but not les tes parents.
Is parent ever singular?
  • Yes: un parent exists, but it can mean a parent or a relative.
  • mes/tes/vos parents almost always means “(my/your) mother and father” as a pair.
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