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Elle travaille cet instrument tous les jours pour réussir.

Elle travaille cet instrument tous les jours pour réussir.
She works on this instrument every day to succeed.
From Lesson 98:Ongoing duration (depuis)·French

Questions & Answers about Elle travaille cet instrument tous les jours pour réussir.

Why is there no word for 'on' in travaille cet instrument?
In English, we say 'work on' a skill or an instrument, but in French, travailler is often used directly with the thing you are practicing. She literally 'works this instrument' without needing an extra preposition.
Why does the sentence use cet instead of ce for 'this'?
Instrument is a masculine noun. Normally, 'this' for a masculine noun is ce, but because instrument starts with a vowel, ce changes to cet to make the pronunciation flow better.
Since we are learning about depuis (since/for), why isn't it used here for 'every day'?
Depuis is used to show how long an ongoing action has been happening continuously (like 'for two months' or 'since Tuesday'). Tous les jours (every day) describes how often an action repeats, not its continuous duration, so it doesn't use depuis.
Why does 'every day' translate to tous les jours instead of tout les jours?
The word for 'all' has to match the noun it describes. Because jours (days) is masculine and plural, you must use the masculine plural form tous instead of the singular tout.
Why is pour used before the verb réussir?
When pour is placed before a verb in its infinitive (dictionary) form, it means 'in order to'. Here, pour réussir translates directly to 'in order to succeed' or simply 'to succeed'.

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