Question 1

Why does perds end in -s, and do you pronounce the -ds?

Accepted Answer

Perds comes from the regular -re verb perdre (to lose). For the tu (you) form, you drop the -re and add -s. Like most final consonants in French, the -ds at the end of perds is completely silent! You just pronounce the first part of the word, similar to the English word "pear".

Question 2

Why is souvent (often) placed after the verb instead of before it?

Accepted Answer

In English, we usually put adverbs of frequency before the verb like in "often lose". But in French, short adverbs go right after the conjugated verb. So, it has to be perds souvent (literally "lose often").

Question 3

How does du client translate to "the client's"?

Accepted Answer

French doesn't have an apostrophe-s for possession. Instead, you have to say "the address of the client". The word for "of" is de, and "the" client is le client. When the words de and le meet, they always combine into the single word du.

Question 4

The sentence starts with Tu perds (You lose). Where is the "Do" to make it a question?

Accepted Answer

In casual spoken French, the most common way to ask a yes/no question is just to use normal statement word order (Tu perds...) and make your voice go up at the end. You never translate the English helper word "do" into French.

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