Breakdown of L'effet de ce livre sur moi est fort.
Questions & Answers about L'effet de ce livre sur moi est fort.
The lesson is about the phrase en effet. Is the word effet in this sentence related to that?
Yes! The noun effet simply means "effect" or "impact" (like the effect of a book). The phrase you are learning, en effet, literally translates to "in effect," but it is used as a set phrase meaning "indeed," "that is right," or "actually" to confirm what someone just said. Why do we use moi here instead of me for "me"?
You use moi because it follows the preposition sur (on). In French, after prepositions like sur, avec, pour, or de, you must use stressed pronouns like moi, toi, lui, or elle, rather than the object pronouns like me or te that attach directly to verbs. Why is it ce livre and not cet livre?
Ce is the masculine singular word for "this" or "that" when the following noun starts with a consonant, like livre. You only use cet for masculine singular nouns that start with a vowel or a silent H (like cet ami). For feminine nouns, you use cette. I have seen fort used to mean "loud". Can it mean both "loud" and "strong"?
Yes! Fort can describe physical strength, the abstract intensity of something (like the "strong" effect of a book here), or volume (a "loud" sound). Notice that it does not have an -e at the end because it agrees with the masculine singular noun l'effet. Learn L'effet de ce livre sur moi est fort and more in French
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