Word
Ces vêtements sont très sales, je vais les jeter.
Meaning
These clothes are very dirty, I am going to throw them away.
Part of speech
sentence
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Breakdown of Ces vêtements sont très sales, je vais les jeter.
je
I
être
to be
très
very
ce
this (before a noun)
Questions & Answers about Ces vêtements sont très sales, je vais les jeter.
Why does les come before jeter instead of after it like in English?
In French, direct object pronouns like les (them) usually go directly before the verb they belong to. When a sentence has a conjugated verb (vais) and an infinitive verb (jeter), the pronoun goes right before the infinitive. So, 'I am going to throw them' becomes je vais les jeter.
Does les change depending on the gender of the clothes?
No. While singular direct object pronouns change based on gender (le for masculine, la for feminine), the plural pronoun les (them) is used for all plural objects, regardless of whether they are masculine or feminine.
Why is there an 's' on the end of sales?
Why is it ces vêtements instead of ce vêtements?