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J'attends une lettre avec un timbre français.

J'attends une lettre avec un timbre français.
I am waiting for a letter with a French stamp.
From Lesson 64:Regular -re verbs (attendre, répondre)·French

Questions & Answers about J'attends une lettre avec un timbre français.

How do you conjugate attendre for je, and why is it written as j'attends?
Attendre is a regular -re verb. To conjugate it for je, you drop the -re to get the stem (attend-) and add -s, making it attends. Because attends starts with a vowel, the word je drops its e and uses an apostrophe, becoming j'attends.
The English translation says "waiting for", but I don't see a word for "for" in the French sentence. Why?
The French verb attendre already means "to wait for." You do not need to add a preposition like pour after it. You simply say j'attends une lettre (literally "I wait a letter").
Why is the adjective français placed after the noun timbre?
In French, most adjectives come after the noun they describe. There are a few common exceptions that come before the noun (like words for size, beauty, or age), but adjectives of nationality, like français, always come after the noun.
Why does français have a special mark under the 'c', and why does it end in an 's' if it is only one stamp?
The mark under the 'c' is called a cedilla. It forces the 'c' to sound like an 's' instead of a hard 'k' before the vowel 'a'. Also, the word français naturally ends in an 's' in its base masculine singular dictionary form.

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