Breakdown of La sélection est trop compétitive pour étudier l'informatique.
être
to be
pour
for
étudier
to study
le
him, it (masculine direct object pronoun)
trop
too, too much
la sélection
the selection
compétitif
competitive
l'informatique
the computer science (f)
Questions & Answers about La sélection est trop compétitive pour étudier l'informatique.
Why do we use pour before étudier instead of à or de?
This sentence uses the structure trop (too) + adjective + pour + infinitive. Whenever you say something is too [adjective] to do something or enough to do something, French uses pour to show the consequence. Here, the process is too competitive to study it.
Does la sélection mean the exact same thing as the selection in English here?
Why is computer science translated as l'informatique?
In French, l'informatique is a broad term that covers computing, IT (Information Technology), and computer science. It was originally created by combining the words information and automatique.
Why is compétitive feminine here? Does trop change the adjective rules?
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