Word
J'enlève ma veste dans le salon.
Meaning
I am taking off my jacket in the living room.
Part of speech
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Pronunciation
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Questions & Answers about J'enlève ma veste dans le salon.
Why is there a grave accent in j'enlève but not in the infinitive enlever?
This is a stem-changing verb, also known as a "boot verb." In French, you usually do not have a silent 'e' in the syllable right after an unaccented 'e'. Since the je form ends in a silent -e, the middle 'e' changes to è so it can be pronounced with an "eh" sound. You will see this same change for the tu, il/elle, and ils/elles forms.
Is enlever only used for taking off clothes?
No, enlever generally means "to remove" or "to take away." When talking about clothing, it translates naturally to "taking off." If you want to say the opposite (to put on), you would use the verb mettre.
Why is it ma veste and not mon veste if a man is speaking?
Why do we use dans le salon instead of au salon?