Breakdown of La peau cicatrise lentement avec cette encre.
Questions & Answers about La peau cicatrise lentement avec cette encre.
Why use cicatrise here instead of guérit for "heals"?
Guérir is typically used for curing illnesses, diseases, or a person's overall recovery. Cicatriser specifically refers to physical wounds closing up and forming a scar. Since we are talking about la peau (the skin) healing after a cut or a tattoo, cicatriser is the exact word you need. Since encre starts with a vowel, shouldn't it be cet encre?
No, because encre is a feminine noun (une encre). The demonstrative adjective cet is only used before masculine singular nouns that start with a vowel or a mute h (like cet homme). For feminine nouns, you always use cette, even if the word starts with a vowel. How is the adverb lentement (slowly) formed?
To make an adverb in French, you usually start with the feminine singular form of the adjective and add -ment. The masculine word for "slow" is lent, its feminine form is lente, so adding -ment gives us lentement. How would I connect this sentence to our current lesson structure, il vaut mieux?
Since this sentence describes a problem (slow healing), you might use il vaut mieux (it is better to) to give advice about it. For example: Il vaut mieux éviter cette encre. (It is better to avoid this ink). Notice how il vaut mieux is followed directly by the infinitive verb éviter. Learn La peau cicatrise lentement avec cette encre and more in French
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