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J’aime raconter une histoire passionnante.

J’aime raconter une histoire passionnante.
I like to tell a fascinating story.
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Breakdown of J’aime raconter une histoire passionnante.

je
I
aimer
to like
raconter
to tell
l'histoire
the story
une
a
passionnante
fascinating

Questions & Answers about J’aime raconter une histoire passionnante.

What’s the purpose of writing J’aime with an apostrophe?
The pronoun je changes to j’ whenever it is followed by a vowel or silent “h” to avoid two vowel sounds in a row (elision). So je aime becomes j’aime.
What does raconter mean?
It roughly translates to to tell or to narrate. It’s commonly used when talking about telling stories or recounting events.
Why is the word for “story” in French une histoire and not un histoire?
In French, the noun histoire is feminine, so it takes the article une. The masculine form un is not correct for histoire.
What does passionnante imply?
It’s an adjective meaning exciting, fascinating, or thrilling. It modifies the noun histoire and must agree in gender and number, so here it has the feminine, singular ending -ante.
Why does the adjective passionnante come after histoire?
In French, most adjectives follow the noun they describe. While a few adjectives appear before the noun, passionnante typically comes after the noun in its standard position.
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