Breakdown of La pomme est sur la table.
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Why do we use la for both pomme and table?
Both pomme (apple) and table (table) are feminine nouns in French. If you wanted to say "an apple" or "a table" using the words from this lesson, you would use the feminine word for "a" or "an", which is une: une pomme and une table. Why is the verb est used here?
est means "is". It is a form of the verb être (to be). You use est whenever you are talking about a single person or thing (he, she, or it). Since la pomme is a single thing, we use est. Do you pronounce the letters at the end of est?
No, the "s" and "t" are completely silent. The word est is pronounced a bit like "eh" (similar to the vowel sound in the English word "pet"). Does sur always mean "on"?
When talking about physical locations, yes! sur is the standard French word for "on" or "on top of", describing exactly where the apple is resting here. Learn La pomme est sur la table and more in French
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