Breakdown of Si le liquide est dangereux, l'agent ne laissera pas le passager embarquer.
être
to be
ne
not (used before the verb)
pas
not (used after the verb)
le passager
the passenger
le
him, it (masculine direct object pronoun)
si
if
dangereux
dangerous
laisser
to leave (something or someone)
l'agent
the agent (m)
embarquer
to board
le liquide
the liquid
Questions & Answers about Si le liquide est dangereux, l'agent ne laissera pas le passager embarquer.
Why is le passager placed between laissera and embarquer?
When using laisser with an infinitive, a noun object like le passager can go either right after the conjugated laisser or after the infinitive. Both laissera le passager embarquer and laissera embarquer le passager are perfectly correct. This gives you more flexibility than the verb faire (to make someone do something), which usually forces the noun to go after the infinitive.
Why is laissera in the future tense but est in the present tense?
This is a standard condition. In French, just like in English, when you state a likely condition and its future result, the si (if) clause uses the present tense (est) and the main result clause uses the future tense (laissera).
Where do the negative words ne and pas go when there is a conjugated verb followed by an infinitive?
They wrap around the conjugated verb. Because laissera is the conjugated verb here, we say ne laissera pas. The infinitive embarquer stays entirely outside of the negation.
Is the word embarquer only used for airplanes?
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