Breakdown of Tu assures Paul, n’est-ce pas ?
Paul
Paul
tu
you (informal singular)
n'est-ce pas?
right?
assurer
to belay
Questions & Answers about Tu assures Paul, n’est-ce pas ?
Why is it assures and not assure?
Because the subject is tu.
The verb is assurer, a regular -er verb. In the present tense, its forms are:
- j’assure
- tu assures
- il / elle / on assure
- nous assurons
- vous assurez
- ils / elles assurent
So tu assures Paul means you assure Paul.
Also, the final -s in assures is normally not pronounced.
What kind of verb is assurer here?
Grammatically, assurer is a regular -er verb.
In this sentence, it is being used with a direct object, which is Paul. That means the structure is:
- Tu = subject
- assures = verb
- Paul = direct object
So the sentence follows a very common French word order:
subject + verb + object
Why does Paul come after the verb?