Breakdown of Nous leur soumettons l'étude afin d'obtenir une évaluation.
une
a / an (feminine)
nous
we / us (object pronoun)
leur
to them (indirect object)
l'étude
the study (f)
obtenir
to obtain
afin de
in order to
soumettre
to submit
l'évaluation
the evaluation (f)
Questions & Answers about Nous leur soumettons l'étude afin d'obtenir une évaluation.
Why do we use afin d' here instead of just pour?
Both mean "in order to," but afin de is more formal. You will often see it in professional, written, or academic contexts, like submitting a study for an evaluation. Notice that it drops the 'e' and becomes afin d' because obtenir starts with a vowel.
Why is it leur and not les before soumettons?
Leur is an indirect object pronoun meaning "to them." The verb is soumettre quelque chose à quelqu'un (to submit something to someone). Because the action is directed to them, we must use the indirect pronoun leur instead of the direct pronoun les.
Why is obtenir in the infinitive here, and not conjugated?
The expression afin de is always followed by an infinitive verb when the subject doing the action is the same in both parts of the sentence. Since "we" are the ones submitting the study and "we" are also the ones who will obtain the evaluation, we use the infinitive obtenir.
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