What is the meaning of quelques?
pronoun. several [pronoun] some or a few.
How do you use quelques in uns?
Bonjour D. ! Indeed “quelques-un(e)s” mean “a few (of them)”, literally “a few ones”. There are indeed indefinite pronouns, and you can use them as such: “Parmi les gens présents, quelques-uns détournaient le regard.” (Amongst the people there, a few were looking away.)
What is allor in French?
Alors has several meanings. It can be used to mean ‘then’ or ‘in that case’. For example, Si tu sais conduire, alors tu peux prendre la voiture. (If you can drive, then you can take the car.) Or it can mean ‘so’, ‘well’ and in informal conversation, ‘so then’.
What does toucher mean in English?
to touch
Touché is the past participle of the word toucher, which means ‘to touch’ as a verb and refers to one of the five senses when used as a noun. But English speakers use it to acknowledge a particularly effective counter-argument or comeback in a battle of repartee or “banter”, as some would say.
How do you use tout in French?
There are different ways to use tout in French – as a pronoun, an adjective or an adverb – to express slightly different things:
- Tout = everything.
- Tout/tous/toute/toutes + [article] + [chose(s)]= All + [article] + [things] / [article] whole [thing(s)]
- Tous / toutes = all [of them]
- Tout + [adverbe] = Very + [adverb]
How do you use quelques?
It is more generally used with plurals. Just add an -s to make it plural (quelques), which means ‘some’, ‘a few’ or ‘any’….Quelque.
| English | Masculine/Feminine | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| some/any | quelque | quelques |
How many is quelques?
quelques (plural) Used with countable things it means a couple of, some, a few. Il a quelques livres à lire.
What does Allora mean in?
Allora (so, then, well) is one of those filler words that’s highly useful when thinking of what to say in Italian. It buys you a little time and tells the listener you’re thinking things over, especially when used by itself, or to introduce a sentence. Used by itself, it can express impatience: Allora!
What does Tougher mean?
1. Able to withstand great strain without tearing or breaking; strong and resilient: a tough all-weather fabric. 2.