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Notre papa organise une réunion.

Notre papa organise une réunion.
Our dad is organising a meeting.
From Lesson 25:Plural possessives (notre, votre, leur)·French

Questions & Answers about Notre papa organise une réunion.

Why do we use notre here instead of nos if "our" means more than one person?
Notre means "our", but it is used when the thing you own is singular (just one dad). If you were talking about "our dads", you would use nos papas. In French, possessive words match the quantity of the thing owned, not just the number of owners!
Would it still be notre if we were talking about our mom?
Yes! Unlike words like mon (my, masculine) and ma (my, feminine), the word notre (our) is the exact same for both masculine and feminine singular nouns. So it is notre papa and notre maman.
Because the sentence uses "our", shouldn't the verb be in the "we" form?
Even though the dad belongs to "us", the person doing the action (the subject) is just the dad. "Our dad" equals "he" (il). That is why we use the "he" form of the verb, which is organise, rather than the "we" form (organisons).
The word réunion looks like "reunion". Does it mean a family reunion?
This is a tricky false friend! In French, une réunion usually means a work or school "meeting". If you wanted to talk about a family gathering, you would use a phrase like une fête de famille.

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