Breakdown of Le chercheur organise une réunion afin de préparer le projet académique.
une
a / an (feminine)
préparer
to prepare
le projet
the project
organiser
to organize
la réunion
the meeting
le chercheur
the researcher
académique
academic
afin de
in order to
Questions & Answers about Le chercheur organise une réunion afin de préparer le projet académique.
Why do we use afin de here instead of just pour?
Could I say afin que préparer instead of afin de préparer?
No, because the researcher who organizes the meeting is the same person preparing the project. When the subject is the same for both actions, we use afin de plus an infinitive. You only use afin que when introducing a new subject, and that would require the subjunctive mood.
Does réunion mean "reunion" like a family reunion?
Not usually! In French, une réunion is a false friend. It almost always means a business or professional "meeting". If you want to talk about a family reunion or getting back together with friends, you would use a word like des retrouvailles.
Why does académique come right after projet instead of before it?
In French, most adjectives come after the noun they describe. The acronym BANGS (Beauty, Age, Number, Goodness, Size) helps you remember the main exceptions that go before the noun. Since "academic" doesn't fit into those categories, académique goes exactly where we normally expect it: after projet.
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