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Elle prend une grande salade pour le déjeuner.

Elle prend une grande salade pour le déjeuner.
She is having a large salad for lunch.
From Lesson 43:The verb to take or have (prendre)·French

Questions & Answers about Elle prend une grande salade pour le déjeuner.

Why does the French sentence use 'prend' when the English translation says 'is having'?
In French, you use the verb prendre (which usually means 'to take') when talking about having food, a drink, or a meal. So elle prend literally means 'she takes', but it is the natural way to say 'she is having' in this context.
Do I pronounce the 'd' at the end of 'prend'?
No, the 'd' at the end of prend is silent. It is also completely silent in the forms je prends and tu prends. In fact, all three of these singular forms sound exactly the same when spoken aloud!
Why is 'grande' placed before 'salade'? Don't French adjectives usually go after the noun?
Most French adjectives do go after the noun, but there is a special group of short, common adjectives that come before it. You can remember them with the acronym BANGS, which stands for Beauty, Age, Number, Goodness, and Size. Since grande describes Size, it comes before salade.
Why is it 'pour le déjeuner' instead of just 'pour déjeuner'?
In French, nouns almost always need an article like le, la, or un in front of them, even if we drop them in English. So instead of just saying 'for lunch', you have to say 'for the lunch' (pour le déjeuner).

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