Breakdown of Vous envoyez le fichier à mon comptable ?
vous
you (plural/formal)
à
at / to / in (general locations) / about (what one thinks about / reacts to)
mon
my (mon, ma, mes)
envoyer
to send
le comptable
the accountant
le fichier
the file (digital)
Questions & Answers about Vous envoyez le fichier à mon comptable ?
Why does envoyez keep the 'y' when other forms of this verb change to an 'i'?
Envoyer (to send) is a stem-changing verb. For most present tense forms, the y changes to an i (like j'envoie or il envoie). However, the nous and vous forms are exceptions: they keep the original y from the infinitive. That's why it is vous envoyez.
Is le fichier a physical paper file or a computer file?
Un fichier is typically a computer file, like a PDF or a Word document. If you want to talk about a physical file folder, you will usually use the word un dossier.
There is no 'est-ce que' or reversed verb here. How does this work as a question?
In everyday spoken French, it is very common to ask a question simply by using the normal statement word order (vous envoyez...) and raising the pitch of your voice at the end. While Est-ce que vous envoyez... or Envoyez-vous... are also correct, this sentence represents the most natural, casual way to ask.
How can I tell if the accountant is a man or a woman?
The word comptable ends in an -e, so its spelling is the same for both men and women. To tell the gender, you have to look at the possessive adjective in front of it. Because the sentence says mon comptable, the accountant is male. If it were a woman, it would be ma comptable.
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