Questions & Answers about Préfèrent-ils le dernier album ou la tournée ?
How does the inversion work in Préfèrent-ils?
This is a formal way to ask a question called inversion. You take the verb (préfèrent) and the subject pronoun (ils), swap their order, and join them with a hyphen. It is a more elegant, formal alternative to asking Est-ce qu'ils préfèrent. Do I pronounce the 't' in Préfèrent-ils?
Yes! Normally, the -ent ending on plural French verbs is completely silent. However, when you use inversion with the pronoun ils or elles, you must make a strong liaison. The t links with the following vowel, so it sounds like 'pray-fair-teel'. Why does Préfèrent have a different accent mark than its dictionary form, préférer?
Préférer is a stem-changing verb. When the verb ending is silent (which happens in the je, tu, il/elle, and ils/elles forms), the second é changes to an è so that the syllable can be pronounced with a more open sound. Why is dernier placed before album?
When dernier comes before a noun, it means 'last' in a sequence or 'latest' (most recent), which fits perfectly here. When it is placed after a time-related noun (like la semaine dernière for 'last week'), it means the week that just passed. Learn Préfèrent-ils le dernier album ou la tournée and more in French
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