CAS LF 211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Girdle, Wordpress.Com
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This is to give examples and explanations of all the uses of tout. Tout means all, but it can be used in different ways and in different idioms. tout changes to match the noun that it modi es in gender and number masc sing masc plural fem sing tout tous toute. *tout + article + noun = all noun. * when tout is singular it implies the entire noun. *when tout is plural it implies all the nouns fem plural toutes. * tout / toute without an article = each. *tous as a pronoun means all / everyone. *doesn"t change except when modifying a feminine adjective starting with a consonant, then it changes to toute. *when used in compound sentences, tout goes between the auxiliary verb and the past participle. *when used with a present participle (tout en verbant), it shows a contradiction between the two actions.
