Breakdown of Elles dansent ensemble le week-end.
Questions & Answers about Elles dansent ensemble le week-end.
How do you pronounce dansent? Do I say the -ent at the end?
No, the -ent ending on French verbs for the plural ils and elles is completely silent! You pronounce dansent exactly the same way you pronounce the singular form danse. The lesson teaches us to use faire de for activities. Could I say Elles font de la danse instead?
Yes! Both are perfectly correct. You can use the specific verb (elles dansent) or use faire de plus the noun (elles font de la danse). The meaning is virtually identical. Why does the sentence use le week-end instead of a word for on the weekend?
In French, you do not use a preposition for days of the week or the weekend. To say that a routine happens on weekends, you just put the masculine article le directly before week-end. Why is the sentence using Elles instead of Ils?
Elles is the feminine form for a group of people, which means everyone in this specific group of dancers is female. If there were any males in the group, or if we did not know who was in it, you would use Ils. Is week-end really a French word?
Yes! French borrows several words from English. Notice that in French, it is typically spelled with a hyphen (week-end). You might also hear French speakers say la fin de semaine, especially in Canadian French, but le week-end is standard in France. Learn Elles dansent ensemble le week-end and more in French
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