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Il prend une cuillère pour le petit-déjeuner.

Il prend une cuillère pour le petit-déjeuner.
He takes a spoon for breakfast.
From Lesson 20:Yes/no questions with intonation (Tu parles ?)·French

Questions & Answers about Il prend une cuillère pour le petit-déjeuner.

How do I make this into a Yes/No question using rising intonation?
You keep the exact same words in the exact same order! Just raise the pitch of your voice at the end of the sentence. When writing it down, just add a question mark at the end: Il prend une cuillère pour le petit-déjeuner ?
Why is there a le before petit-déjeuner?
In English, we just say "for breakfast" without the word "the". In French, nouns almost always need a little pointing word in front of them (an article). Since petit-déjeuner is a masculine noun, you must use le here, which literally translates as "for the breakfast".
Is prend a regular verb?
No, prend comes from the irregular verb prendre (to take). For il (he), elle (she), and on (one/we), the verb ends in a silent d. It is a very common verb, so you will see this form a lot!
Does petit-déjeuner literally mean "little lunch"?
Exactly! The word déjeuner used to mean breakfast (literally breaking the fast), but as meal times shifted in France, it became the word for lunch. To talk about the morning meal, they added petit (little) to make petit-déjeuner.

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