Des = some ?
Hi , I am confused as to why you might use des in the following sentence
" Everything is sold"
so in French becomes Tous DES vendu but why as I thought Des stands for SOME , I thought the translation should be Tous chose est vendu
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Rob, are you sure that the phrase is 'Tout des vendu' ? It doesn't seem to make much sense.
Or did you just hear it spoken? The correct phrase is 'Tout est vendu'. But when this is said aloud, the normally silent 't' at the end of 'tout' is pronounced, and it runs into the 'e' of 'est' to make a sound like 'tay' . So 'Tout est...' may sound a bit like 'Tout des' to the unsuspecting ear.
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" Everything is sold" = Tout est vendu
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