Word
Pour la réception, j'offre le champagne.
Meaning
For the reception, I am offering the champagne.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Pour la réception, j'offre le champagne.
je
I
pour
for
offrir
to offer / to give (as a gift)
le champagne
the champagne
Questions & Answers about Pour la réception, j'offre le champagne.
Since offrir is an -ir verb, why does the je form end in -e instead of -is (like finir)?
Offrir (to offer/give) and ouvrir (to open) are special irregular verbs. Even though they end in -ir, they take the exact same present tense endings as regular -er verbs! That is why we use the -e ending for je (j'offre) instead of an -is ending.
Why is it j'offre instead of je offre?
Because offre begins with a vowel. Just like with regular verbs, when je is followed by a verb starting with a vowel or a silent h, the e drops and is replaced with an apostrophe. This makes the pronunciation much smoother.
Does offrir just mean "to offer", or can it also mean "to give"?
Could I say j'offre du champagne instead of le champagne?