Cours dans le parc avec moi, mais porte des chaussures confortables.

Run in the park with me, but wear comfortable shoes.

Breakdown of Cours dans le parc avec moi, mais porte des chaussures confortables.

• avec: with
• dans: in
• le parc: the park
• des: some
• courir: to run
• moi: me
• mais: but
• porter: to wear
• la chaussure: the shoe
• confortable: comfortable

Questions & Answers about Cours dans le parc avec moi, mais porte des chaussures confortables.

Why does the sentence use the form 'Cours' instead of something like 'Tu cours'?

Cours is the imperative form of the verb courir (to run) for the second-person singular (tu). When giving a direct command in French to one person, you use the tu form of the imperative without the tu pronoun. If you were simply describing that someone is running, you would say tu cours. But in a command, it becomes just cours.

Why do we say 'porte' here and not 'portez'?

Like cours, porte is also an imperative form. In French, porter means "to wear." Because the sentence is talking to one person in a direct manner, you use the tu imperative: porte. If you were talking to more than one person or speaking more formally, you would use portez.

Why is it 'dans le parc' and not another preposition?

In French, dans often translates to "inside" or "in the interior of" something. Here, dans le parc means "in the park" or "inside the space of the park." Other prepositions like au parc ("to/on/at the park") can sometimes work, but dans le parc focuses on physically being within the park itself.

What about 'des chaussures confortables'? Why 'des' and not 'les'?

Des is the indefinite plural article in French, equivalent to "some" in English. It indicates you need some comfortable shoes, not a specific pair. If the sentence used les, that would imply a specific set of shoes known to both the speaker and the listener.

Why is the adjective 'confortables' placed after the noun 'chaussures'?

In French, many adjectives typically come after the noun. Words like confortable, intéressant, or important generally follow this rule. Some adjectives come before the noun, but those are often shorter, very common adjectives that describe things like beauty, age, goodness, or size (BAGS adjectives). Since confortables isn’t in that group, it is placed after chaussures.