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Monique L'Huillier
Advanced French Grammar
1. Framework
1.1 Parts of Speech
1.1.4 Determiners
1.1.4.7 Indefinite Adjectives
(i) Indefinite Adjectives as Determiners
When indefinite adjectives are determiners, they usually imply a countable or uncountable quality of something. For this reason, they are called 'quantifiers.'
Ex,
Quelconques personnes viennent d'arriver.
A few people have just arrived.
J'ai encore pas mal de travail à faire.
I've still got a fair amount of work to do.
Note that we may combine some indefinite adjectives with other determiners:
Ex,
tous les chats noirs; les quelques chats noirs
Yet other indefinite adjectives cannot be combined with additional determiners.
Ex,
les plusieurs chats noirs.
(ii) Non-Determiner Indefinite Adjectives
There are some indefinite adjectives that are not determiners. These words might express the following:
1) imprecision,
Ex,
Il lisait une revue quelconque.
2) identity,
Ex,
J'ai la même robe que toi.
3) difference/contrast
Ex,
J'ai un autre parapluie, si celui-ce ne te plaît pas.
L'Huillier, Monique. Advanced French Grammar. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999.
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