Breakdown of C'est le projet qui prévoit la création d'un parc.
être
to be
un
a / an (masculine)
ce
it / this (with être)
le parc
the park
qui
who
de
of / from / any (in negative sentences) / about (concerning)
le projet
the project
prévoir
to plan
la création
the creation
Questions & Answers about C'est le projet qui prévoit la création d'un parc.
How does this sentence demonstrate nominalization?
The phrase la création d'un parc is the nominalized form. Instead of using a verbal clause like qui prévoit de créer un parc (which plans to create a park), the verb créer is turned into the noun la création. This structure is very common in professional, journalistic, or administrative French to make sentences more concise and formal.
Why do we use d'un parc here instead of just un parc?
This is a direct grammatical result of the nominalization. If we used the verb, we would say créer un parc because the verb takes a direct object. However, when you change the verb into the noun la création, you cannot just put two nouns side by side. You must connect them using the preposition de, which contracts with un to form d'un (of a).
Why is prévoit translated as includes rather than foresees?
While prévoir literally translates to to foresee or to predict, its meaning shifts in administrative and planning contexts. When talking about a project, a law, or a contract, prévoir means to provide for, to plan, or to include. The project is not magically predicting a park; it officially contains the plans for one.
Why does this sentence use qui instead of que for the word that?
A common B2 trap is associating qui only with people (who) and que with things (that). In French relative clauses, qui is used whenever the pronoun is the subject of the following verb, regardless of whether it is a person or an inanimate object. Here, the project is the subject doing the action of prévoit, so we must use qui.
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