Learn French: Vous recevez un certificat de français.

Vous recevez un certificat de français.

You receive a French certificate.

Breakdown of Vous recevez un certificat de français.

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

Questions & Answers about Vous recevez un certificat de français.

How does the verb recevoir work in this sentence?

The verb recevoir (to receive) is a high-frequency irregular verb. For the vous (you) form, it becomes recevez. While it is an irregular verb, notice that it still uses the standard -ez ending that you use for almost all verbs in the vous form.

Why isn't there a cedilla (ç) in recevez, like there is in je reçois?

In French, the letter c automatically makes a soft s sound when it is followed by an e or an i. Because recevez has an e right after the c, it doesn't need a special accent. You only need the cedilla (ç) in forms like je reçois to force the soft s sound before an o or an a.

Why do we use de and say un certificat de français instead of just un certificat français?

Using the preposition de (of) followed by a noun shows what the certificate is about: a certificate of the French language. If you used it as an adjective and said un certificat français, it would mean a certificate that physically originates from France, like a document issued by the French government.

Why isn't the word français capitalized here?