Learn French: Les justificatifs ci-joints sont nécessaires pour la comptabilité. - The attached supporting documents are necessary for the accounting.

Les justificatifs ci-joints sont nécessaires pour la comptabilité.

The attached supporting documents are necessary for the accounting.

Breakdown of Les justificatifs ci-joints sont nécessaires pour la comptabilité.

her, it (feminine direct object pronoun)

les

them (direct object pronoun)

Questions & Answers about Les justificatifs ci-joints sont nécessaires pour la comptabilité.

Why does ci-joints have an -s at the end in this sentence?

Because it is placed after the noun it modifies (les justificatifs). When ci-joint comes after the noun, it behaves like a regular adjective and agrees in gender and number. Since justificatifs is masculine plural, ci-joint takes an -s.

How would the spelling of ci-joint change if we placed it before the noun?

If it were placed before the noun, it would be invariable (meaning it doesn't change to match gender or number). For example, if you wrote 'Please find attached the documents', it would be Veuillez trouver ci-joint les justificatifs with no -s on ci-joint.

What exactly does the word justificatifs refer to here?

It is a common administrative term for any document that proves or justifies an action. In the context of la comptabilité (accounting), les justificatifs usually translates to 'supporting documents' like receipts, invoices, or expense vouchers.

Could I use le comptable instead of la comptabilité here?

They have slightly different meanings. La comptabilité refers to 'accounting' or 'bookkeeping' (the field or the department). If you used le comptable (or la comptable), you would be saying the documents are necessary for 'the accountant' (the specific person).