Learn French: D'abord, choisissez vos outils pour le projet. - First, choose your tools for the project.

D'abord, choisissez vos outils pour le projet.

First, choose your tools for the project.

Breakdown of D'abord, choisissez vos outils pour le projet.

your (formal/plural) (singular and plural forms: votre, vos)

choisir

to choose

Questions & Answers about D'abord, choisissez vos outils pour le projet.

I see d'abord at the start. Could I put it somewhere else in the sentence?

Yes! While d'abord (first / first of all) often sits at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the first step in a sequence, you can also place it right after the verb. So, Choisissez d'abord vos outils is also perfectly natural French.

Why is there no subject pronoun like vous before choisissez?

Because this is a command or instruction. Just like in English ("Choose your tools" instead of "You choose your tools"), you drop the subject pronoun in French when giving a direct order. This is called the imperative form.

Why does this sentence use vos for "your" instead of votre?

In French, the possessive word has to match the noun that comes right after it. Because outils (tools) is plural, you must use the plural form vos. If the sentence were about choosing a single tool, it would be votre outil.

How is the word outils pronounced? Do you say the 'l' or the 's'?

Both the l and the s are completely silent! The word is pronounced roughly like "oo-tee". The only time you might hear a consonant sound at the end is if you make a liaison to a following word that starts with a vowel, but standing alone, the letters are silent.