Learn French: Elle l'enregistre et le met dans un dossier. - She saves it and puts it in a folder.

Elle l'enregistre et le met dans un dossier.

She saves it and puts it in a folder.

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Questions & Answers about Elle l'enregistre et le met dans un dossier.

Why does met only have one "t" when the infinitive is mettre?

Mettre (to put) is an irregular verb. In the present tense for singular subjects (je, tu, il/elle/on), it drops the second "t". So for elle, it is conjugated as elle met. The double "t" only appears in plural forms like nous mettons or ils mettent.

Why is "it" translated as l' in the first half but le in the second half?

Both l' and le are the direct object pronoun meaning "it" (likely referring to a masculine noun like a file or document). You use l' because the verb enregistre starts with a vowel, so le drops its "e" to make it easier to pronounce. Since met starts with a consonant, the pronoun stays as le.

Why does the sentence say le met instead of met le?

In French, direct object pronouns (words like "it", "him", or "her") must go directly before the verb they belong to. So "puts it" becomes "it puts" (le met), and "saves it" becomes "it saves" (l'enregistre).

I thought enregistrer meant "to record". Can it also mean "to save"?