Word
Nous marchons nu-pieds dans l'herbe pour nous recentrer.
Meaning
We walk barefoot in the grass to refocus ourselves.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Nous marchons nu-pieds dans l'herbe pour nous recentrer.
nous
we / us (object pronoun)
dans
in, inside
pour
for
marcher
to walk
Questions & Answers about Nous marchons nu-pieds dans l'herbe pour nous recentrer.
Why is there no "s" on nu in nu-pieds, even though pieds is plural?
How would the sentence change if I put nu after pieds?
Why is there a second nous in pour nous recentrer?
The verb is se recentrer (to refocus oneself), which is reflexive. When a reflexive verb is used in the infinitive form—like it is here after the preposition pour (in order to)—the reflexive pronoun still has to match the subject of the sentence. Since the subject is nous, the pronoun must be nous.
Can recentrer be used without a reflexive pronoun?