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Quantifiers — tout and chaque
tous/toutes[edit | edit source]
tous/toutes, like other quantifiers, can appear with the nouns they quantify or on their own:
- Toutes les assiettes sont sales/Toutes sont sales
All the plates are dirty/All are dirty
- J'ai cassé toutes les assiettes/Je les ai toutes cassées
I broke all the plates/1 broke them all
When tous/toutes quantifies a subject, it can be optionally moved to a position after the verb:
- Tous les invités sont maintenant arrivés or Les invités sont maintenant tous arrivés
All the guests have arrived now/The guests have all arrived now
When tous/toutes is used alone as a direct object, it can be optionally moved to a position after the verb:
- Je les ai tous vus Je les ai vus tous
I saw them all
Chaque[edit | edit source]
chaque means 'each, every':
- Chaque passager est prié de se présenter à la porte 12
Every passenger is requested to go to gate 12
chaque cannot stand alone: it becomes chacun(e):
- Chaque assiette est peinte à la main/ Chacune est peinte à la main
Every plate is hand painted/Every one is hand painted
Videos[edit | edit source]
French grammar tips : tout, toute, tous, toutes[edit | edit source]
How To Say 'Each' (Chaque) in French[edit | edit source]
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