Breakdown of La monotonie de ce travail rend mon collègue impatient.
ce
this (before a noun)
de
of / from / any (in negative sentences) / about (concerning)
le collègue
the colleague
mon
my (mon, ma, mes)
Questions & Answers about La monotonie de ce travail rend mon collègue impatient.
Why do we use rend instead of fait to translate "makes" in this sentence?
When "to make" is followed by an adjective that describes a change in state, emotion, or mood, French uses rendre. You use faire when "to make" is followed by an infinitive verb, like making someone do an action. Because impatient is an adjective describing the colleague's mood, rend is the correct choice here.
How do we know whether impatient should agree with la monotonie or mon collègue?
If I wanted to say "The monotony of this work makes him impatient," where would the pronoun go?
The noun collègue ends in an "e". Is it strictly a feminine or masculine word?