Question 1

Why is there a "v" in écrivons when the infinitive is écrire?

Accepted Answer

Écrire (to write) is an irregular verb. While the singular forms use the stem écri- (like j'écris), the plural forms add a "v" before the endings. This gives us nous écrivons, vous écrivez, and ils/elles écrivent.

Question 2

Do I pronounce the "s" at the end of Nous in this sentence?

Accepted Answer

Yes, it is pronounced like a "z" here. Because Nous ends in an "s" and écrivons starts with a vowel (é), you must make a mandatory sound connection called a liaison. It sounds like "Noo zay-kree-vohn".

Question 3

Why does it say du rapport instead of de le rapport?

Accepted Answer

The preposition de (of) and the masculine article le (the) can never stand next to each other. They must always contract into du. Since rapport is a masculine noun, "of the report" becomes du rapport.

Question 4

In English, we often just say "the report title." Can we say le rapport titre in French?

Accepted Answer

No, you cannot stack nouns together like that in French. To express "the report title" or "the report's title," you must always use the structure "the title of the report," which gives us le titre du rapport.

Nous écrivons le titre du rapport.

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