Breakdown of Il a tout joué après sa première mise.
il
he
avoir
to have
jouer
to play
son
his/her/its (son, sa, ses)
Questions & Answers about Il a tout joué après sa première mise.
Why is tout placed between a and joué instead of at the end of the sentence?
In compound tenses like the passé composé, the neutral pronoun tout (meaning everything) is placed directly between the auxiliary verb (a) and the past participle (joué). This is a strict rule in French, unlike in English where everything usually goes at the end.
Does tout ever change its spelling to agree with the things being gambled?
Not here! When tout is used as a neutral indefinite pronoun to mean everything, it is completely invariable. It stays exactly as tout and never changes to tous or toutes, regardless of what that everything actually includes.
I learned that jouer means to play. How do we know it means to gamble here?
Context is key. While jouer is the standard verb for playing games or sports, it also translates to gambling or betting when the context involves money, casinos, or a stake (une mise). Therefore, il a tout joué means he gambled everything.
If the sentence is about a man (il), why does it use the feminine sa?