Breakdown of Le magasin offre un échange et demande où vous habitez.
un
a / an (masculine)
et
and
vous
you (plural/formal)
le magasin
the store
habiter
to live
où
where
offrir
to offer / to give (as a gift)
demander
to ask (for) / to require / demand
l'échange
the exchange (m)
Questions & Answers about Le magasin offre un échange et demande où vous habitez.
Why does the sentence say où vous habitez instead of où habitez-vous?
This sentence contains an indirect question. When you report a question using a verb like demander, you drop the question-style word order (like the inverted habitez-vous or using est-ce que). Instead, you just use standard statement word order right after the question word: où + subject + verb (où vous habitez).
Wait, isn't offrir an -ir verb? Why does it end in '-e' here (offre)?
You are right that the infinitive is offrir. However, offrir (to offer) belongs to a small group of irregular -ir verbs that conjugate exactly like regular -er verbs in the present tense. That is why the third-person singular form is offre. Other verbs in this group include ouvrir (to open) and découvrir (to discover).
Does demande mean 'demands' or 'asks'?
It means 'asks'. The verb demander is a false friend—it looks like the English word 'demand', but it simply means 'to ask' (a question) or 'to request' (a thing). If you want to talk about demanding something aggressively, you would use the French verb exiger.
Is it okay that there is no subject pronoun before demande?
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