Word
Le chauffeur du bus attend les enfants.
Meaning
The bus driver is waiting for the children.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
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Breakdown of Le chauffeur du bus attend les enfants.
l'enfant
the child
le bus
the bus
attendre
to wait / to wait for
le chauffeur
the driver
Questions & Answers about Le chauffeur du bus attend les enfants.
Why isn't there a word for 'for' after attend?
The verb attendre means 'to wait for' all by itself. Unlike English, you don't use a preposition like pour after it. Also, be careful: attendre is a false friend! It means 'to wait', not 'to attend'.
Why do we say chauffeur du bus instead of bus chauffeur?
Why does the verb attend end in a 'd' here?
attendre is a regular verb ending in -RE. To conjugate it for he, she, or it (like le chauffeur), you drop the -RE from the infinitive and don't add any extra ending. This leaves the letter 'd' at the end of the word.