Je me destine à...

In studying this verb, i came across the sentence:

Je me destine à l'enseignement I intend to become a teacher

Could I say "professeur" instead of naming the field? (It's certainly easier if you want to say what you intend to teach). If not, are there other instances in which French prefers naming the field rather than the actual profession? Example: "Je me destine à la musique" instead of "Je me destine à musicien."

merci d'avance

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EducatorPermalink Reply by George Hunt on January 23, 2014 at 11:38pm

My feeling is that "Je me destine à être musicien." sounds better than "Je me destine à musicien." But I am not so familiar with that expression or if it would be used like that.

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Permalink Reply by Vedas on January 24, 2014 at 9:38pm

Hello,

Yes you're right

the natural translation would be "à l'enseignement" as French is more abstract as a rule but you could say "je me destine à être professeur (d'anglais)/ à enseigner l'anglais..." as well.

Yes the correct sentence would be " Je me destine à être musicien"

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Permalink Reply by Robert on January 27, 2014 at 5:11am

What about the other statement : "Je me destine à la musique." ? Too general ?
Should it be something like : "Je me destine à une carrière musicale." ?

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Permalink Reply by Vedas on January 27, 2014 at 9:22am

Hello,

both are good!

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Permalink Reply by Robert on January 28, 2014 at 1:18am

Merci.
There are 2 vowels next to each other : " à une "
Is that common in French, or an exception ?

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Permalink Reply by Robert on January 30, 2014 at 6:12am

Since no one answers, I take it the question is senseless. Except, below, an extra consonant is inserted for the sole purpose of breaking up the vowels, am I right?

Y a-t-il un chien dans la maison?

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Permalink Reply by Vedas on January 30, 2014 at 8:26am

Hello,

the question is not senseless, it's just that it is something you learn naturally without thinking, mind you French people are prone to make mistakes in that domain too.

As a matter of fact the rules are quite complicated and would need times to explain it correctly:

Liaisons break up in 3 categories:

- liaison obligatoire

- liaison facultative

- liaison interdite

But it's too vast a subject to be dealt with here, you should look up up a grammar and have a look on the specific rules or : http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liaison_en_fran%C3%A7ais.