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19 Nov 2019
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What is the difference between un francais and le francais and les francais ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between un francais and le francais and les francais ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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Un français: une personne ayant la nationalité française (French person)
Le français: la langue française (French language)
Les français: le peuple français (the French population or the French citizens)
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“Les Français” embodies the French people (don’t forget the capital letter), “le français” is the language, “un Français” is a French person (with capital letter) and when you say/write “Il eat français”, français is an adjective here, so it doesn’t need a capital letter and it doesn’t strictly mean the nationality but more widely the origin of someone or something.
For instance :
Les Français aiment le pain. (French people love bread)
J’apprends le français. (I am learning French)
Le vin français est bon. (French wine is tasteful)
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