Word
Quand tu réduis ta consommation et que tu ne gaspilles pas l'énergie, ça rend le monde meilleur.
Meaning
When you reduce your consumption and you do not waste energy, it makes the world better.
Part of speech
sentence
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Breakdown of Quand tu réduis ta consommation et que tu ne gaspilles pas l'énergie, ça rend le monde meilleur.
tu
you (informal singular)
et
and
ne
not (used before the verb)
pas
not (used after the verb)
Questions & Answers about Quand tu réduis ta consommation et que tu ne gaspilles pas l'énergie, ça rend le monde meilleur.
Why is there a que after et in the first half of the sentence?
Does the verb after this substituting que always take the indicative mood, like tu ne gaspilles pas does here?
It depends on the original conjunction being replaced! Because que is substituting for quand here, it takes the indicative mood (just like quand does). However, if que were replacing si (if), the verb following it would have to be in the subjunctive mood.
Why does the sentence use ça rend instead of ça fait for 'it makes'?
In French, when you 'make' a noun into a certain state or condition (meaning it is followed by an adjective), you must use the verb rendre. Because the sentence is making the world 'better' (the adjective meilleur), ça rend is the correct choice. You only use faire when making someone or something perform an action.
Could we just leave out the que and say ...et tu ne gaspilles pas like we do in English?