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Enfin, visser quelques vis à l'intérieur.

Enfin, visser quelques vis à l'intérieur.
Finally, screw a few screws inside.
From Lesson 461:Impersonal commands·French

Questions & Answers about Enfin, visser quelques vis à l'intérieur.

Why is the verb visser left in the infinitive instead of using a command form like vissez?
This is an example of the independent infinitive used for general instructions. You will often see this in manuals, recipes, and public signs. Because the instruction is aimed at a general reader rather than a specific person in a conversation, French uses the infinitive instead of the tu or vous imperative forms.
Do you pronounce the 's' at the end of vis?
Yes! Une vis (a screw) is an exception to the general rule that final consonants are silent. The 's' is pronounced, which helps distinguish it from the noun vie (life) or the verb forms je vis and tu vis (I/you live), where the 's' is completely silent.
It sounds repetitive to use visser and vis together. Is that natural in French?
Yes, it is perfectly natural here. While French style generally tries to avoid repeating root words in the same sentence, saying visser une vis (to drive a screw) is the standard phrasing in DIY or technical contexts.
What is the difference between using quelques vis and des vis here?
Des vis simply means "some screws," which is just the indefinite plural and leaves the quantity completely undefined. Quelques vis specifically means "a few screws," emphasizing that only a small number is needed for this step.

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