Word
Elle affirme que la loi protégera la planète.
Meaning
She affirms that the law will protect the planet.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Elle affirme que la loi protégera la planète.
elle
she
la
her, it (feminine direct object pronoun)
que
that (introducing a clause)
protéger
to protect
Questions & Answers about Elle affirme que la loi protégera la planète.
Why is protégera in the future tense here? Shouldn't reported speech change it?
Because the introductory verb (affirme) is in the present tense. When introducing reported speech with a present tense verb in French, the tense of the original statement doesn't change. If the original quote was in the future tense, it stays in the future tense (protégera).
Can I leave out que and just say Elle affirme la loi protégera la planète?
How does the spelling of protégera work with the accents?
Protéger is an -éger verb. Traditionally, it keeps its acute accent (é) in the future tense (protégera) and the conditional. You might occasionally see it spelled protègera with a grave accent due to a 1990 spelling reform, but protégera is the classic and most widely used spelling.