Word
Prends une gorgée pour comparer les vins.
Meaning
Take a sip to compare the wines.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Prends une gorgée pour comparer les vins.
pour
for
prendre
to have (a meal/drink) / to take
le vin
the wine
la gorgée
the sip
Questions & Answers about Prends une gorgée pour comparer les vins.
Why does prends end in an -s? I thought command verbs drop it for the tu form.
The rule about dropping the -s in the tu command form (the imperative) only applies to verbs that end in -er (like mange or regarde). Because prendre is an -re verb, it keeps its standard tu conjugation spelling: prends.
Why use pour comparer to say "to compare"?
In French, when "to" actually means "in order to", you must use pour followed by the infinitive (unconjugated) verb. Here, pour comparer literally translates to "in order to compare".
Where does the word gorgée come from?
How would I use this lesson's word, meilleur, to say "to compare which wine is better"?