Breakdown of Il perd l'étrier pendant le galop.
il
he
perdre
to lose
le
him, it (masculine direct object pronoun)
pendant
for / during (duration)
Questions & Answers about Il perd l'étrier pendant le galop.
How can we apply this lesson's exclamative inversion to this sentence to say "Boy, does he lose the stirrup during the gallop!"?
How are the endings of the words étrier and galop pronounced?
The final consonants of both words are silent. The -ier in étrier is pronounced like the -é in café (just like in cahier or premier), and the p in galop is completely silent.
Why does the sentence use pendant le galop rather than au galop?
The word étrier (stirrup) appears in the common idiom remettre le pied à l'étrier (to get back in the saddle). Is perdre l'étrier also an idiom?