Breakdown of Elle va la franchir dans une minute.
une
a / an (feminine)
elle
she
aller
to go
la minute
the minute
la
her, it (feminine direct object pronoun)
dans
in (after a period of time)
franchir
to cross (an obstacle or boundary)
Questions & Answers about Elle va la franchir dans une minute.
Why do we use dans here instead of en for 'in a minute'?
The preposition dans tells us when the action will start: one minute from now. If we used en, it would mean the physical action of crossing takes a total duration of one minute to complete.
Why is the pronoun la placed right before franchir instead of before va?
When you have a conjugated verb followed by an infinitive, like the near future tense here (va franchir), object pronouns always go immediately before the infinitive they belong to. Because 'it' is what she is crossing, la goes right before franchir.
How do we know la means 'it' and not 'her' in this sentence?
What is the difference between franchir and traverser since both mean 'to cross'?
It depends on what she is crossing. You use traverser for physical spaces that have width, like a street or a forest. You use franchir for passing over a line, a threshold, or an obstacle, such as a border or a finish line.
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