Do you know French? please help!

[kirbyultra]

I'm going to have a little brass name plate made and stick it to Sir Toby's bunny condo. He lives in Le Chateau and hubby and I often call him "To" for short. Now, I don't know what's proper French: Le Chateau d'To or Le Chateau de To? :? I don't want to put the wrong thing on the plate! :biggrin: Can anyone help me?

 

[Sweetie]

Le Chateau d'To looks like the right one to me. I have only taken 1 quarter of French so I am not real sure about which is the right one.

 

[NorthernAutumn]

May I suggest a web translator?
http://webtranslation.paralink.com/#

Here is what I came up with: le château de toby

Spanish is pretty cute too, though!
"el castillo del toby"

 

[kirbyultra]

About.com seems to say that" Michel's book" uses "de". So if it's Toby's castle it should be Le chateau de Toby. It doesn't mention d' at all-- maybe i got it wrong and d' is Italian?! LOL! I studied Spanish in school so I don't know any French grammar.
http://french.about.com/library/prepositions/bl-devsdes.htm

I think using translators for general wordage is ok, but I am wary.about using it for grammar. There's room for contextual error, but I don't know if the machine knows Toby is a proper noun, and it may make a difference? :? *shrug*!

 

[YukonDaisy]

Le chateau de Toby is correct. I was in French immersion for most of my schooling, though I'm mostly terrible at it now lol. D' would be used if his name started with a vowel.

 

[aurora369]

"de" is correct, I was also in French Immersion, but it's been a long time for me too

I believe d' is only used as an abbreviation for words that start with a vowel. Since To starts with a consonant, you use the full "de".

-Dawn

 

[funnybunnymummy]

Diana and Dawn have it right: D' is only used with a word starting with a vowel.

Raison d'être, for instance.

So Le Chateau de To would be correct.

Rue

 

[Nela]

I'm french and I confirm:

Le Château de To

Notice the '^' on the 'a'... That's IF you want it completely correct. Cute!

 

[kirbyultra]

Thank you so much everyone!!