Learn French: Nous regardons les essais le moins souvent.

Nous regardons les essais le moins souvent.

We watch the tests the least often.

Breakdown of Nous regardons les essais le moins souvent.

nous

we / us (object pronoun)

Questions & Answers about Nous regardons les essais le moins souvent.

Why is it le moins souvent instead of les moins souvent if les essais is plural?

Because souvent (often) is an adverb, meaning it describes the action of the verb (regardons), not the plural noun (les essais). Adverbs never change their form to match gender or number. Because of this, when forming the superlative of an adverb, you always use the invariable le, never la or les.

Does les essais mean "the essays" like we write in school?

It can, but un essai more commonly means a "test," "trial," or "attempt." Given the verb regardons (we watch), this sentence is likely talking about sports (like a rugby "try" or time "trials" in racing) or testing a product, rather than reading a written essay.

Why is le moins souvent placed at the very end of the sentence?

While a simple short adverb often goes right after the conjugated verb (like Nous regardons souvent...), a longer adverbial phrase like a superlative (le moins souvent) is usually placed at the end of the sentence after the direct object (les essais).

Do I pronounce the "s" at the end of moins in this sentence?