Learn French: Nous écrivons le titre du rapport. - We write the title of the report.

Nous écrivons le titre du rapport.

We write the title of the report.

Breakdown of Nous écrivons le titre du rapport.

nous

we / us (object pronoun)

of / from / any (in negative sentences) / about (concerning)

Questions & Answers about Nous écrivons le titre du rapport.

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

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.

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

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".

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

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.

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

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.