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Ne touche pas ce verre cassé.

Ne touche pas ce verre cassé.
Do not touch that broken glass.
From Lesson 300:Present participles vs. verbal adjectives·French

Breakdown of Ne touche pas ce verre cassé.

le verre
the glass / the drink
toucher
to touch
cassé
broken

Questions & Answers about Ne touche pas ce verre cassé.

Could I use cassant here instead of cassé?
You could, but it changes the meaning! Cassé is the past participle used as an adjective, meaning "broken" (the glass is already broken). Cassant is a verbal adjective meaning "brittle" or "fragile". So ce verre cassant means "this brittle glass", whereas ce verre cassé means "this broken glass".
Why is it touche without an "s", since it's the tu form?
For regular -er verbs in the imperative (command) form, you drop the final -s for tu. So tu touches becomes just touche. (The -s only returns if the verb is immediately followed by the pronouns y or en, to make pronunciation smoother.)
Does verre mean the material "glass" or a drinking "glass"?
It means both! Un verre is a drinking glass, and le verre is the material itself. In this sentence, ce verre cassé could mean "that broken drinking glass" or "that broken piece of glass", depending entirely on the context of the situation.
How do I tell verre apart from vert when spoken?
You have to rely purely on context, as they are perfect homophones. Verre (glass), vert (green), vers (towards), and un ver (a worm) all sound exactly the same. Here, cassé (broken) makes it obvious we are talking about glass!

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