Word
À force d'entendre cet accent, je le prononce bien.
Meaning
By dint of hearing this accent, I pronounce it well.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of À force d'entendre cet accent, je le prononce bien.
je
I
ce
this (before a noun)
bien
well
entendre
to hear
Questions & Answers about À force d'entendre cet accent, je le prononce bien.
What exactly does à force de add to the meaning of the sentence?
Why is entendre in the infinitive form here?
Prepositions in French, like the de in à force de, are always followed by the infinitive form of a verb rather than a conjugated verb. Notice how it contracts to d' before the vowel in entendre.
Why is it cet accent instead of ce accent?
What is the grammatical role of le in je le prononce?
It is a direct object pronoun standing in for cet accent. In French, these pronouns must be placed immediately before the conjugated verb, giving us je le prononce instead of translating the English word order directly.