Question 1

Why does the sentence use demande to mean "requires"?

Accepted Answer

While demander usually means "to ask", it is very frequently used in French to mean "to require" or "to take" when talking about resources like time, effort, or money. You could also use the verb exiger (to demand/require), but demander is very natural and common here.

Question 2

Why is there an L' before intégration when the English translation is just "Integration"?

Accepted Answer

In French, abstract nouns and general concepts (like integration, love, or patience) must always be introduced by a definite article (le, la, l', or les). English drops the article for general concepts, but French keeps it.

Question 3

efforts is plural, so why does the sentence use d'efforts instead of des efforts?

Accepted Answer

This is because of the expression of quantity beaucoup de (a lot of). After expressions of quantity, you always use de or d', never des—even if the noun that follows is plural. When you list multiple things after beaucoup, the de is usually repeated before each noun. So it is essentially beaucoup de temps et [beaucoup] d'efforts.

Question 4

Does temps always end in an "s" even when it's singular?

Accepted Answer

Yes! The word le temps (which can mean either "time" or "weather") is spelled with an "s" at the end in both its singular and plural forms.

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