Je mange le repas avec ma famille.

I eat the meal with my family.

Breakdown of Je mange le repas avec ma famille.

• je: I
• manger: to eat
• avec: with
• ma: my
• la famille: the family
• le repas: the meal

Questions & Answers about Je mange le repas avec ma famille.

Why is it le repas instead of un repas?

Using le repas means you’re talking about a specific, identified meal, rather than just any meal. If you used un repas, it could refer to an unspecified meal.

What’s the difference between mange and manges?

They are different conjugations of the verb manger (to eat). Je mange (I eat) uses the first-person singular form, while tu manges (you eat) uses the second-person singular form.

Why do we say Je mange, not Je manger?

In French, you must conjugate the verb to match the subject. The infinitive form is manger, but when the subject is je, it becomes mange. French doesn’t use the infinitive after a subject pronoun to form a normal present tense sentence.

Why is it ma famille instead of mon famille?

The word famille is feminine in French, so you must use the feminine possessive adjective ma. If the noun were masculine, you would use mon (for example, mon père).

Can ma famille be replaced with something else?

Yes, you could say avec mes proches (“with my loved ones”) or avec mes parents (“with my parents”), but ma famille is the most direct way to say “my family.”