Marie met des bananes dans le frigo.

Marie puts bananas in the fridge.

Breakdown of Marie met des bananes dans le frigo.

• Marie: Marie
• dans: in
• des: some
• mettre: to put

Questions & Answers about Marie met des bananes dans le frigo.

What verb form is met, and what does mettre cover?

Met is the 3rd person singular present of mettre (“to put, to place”). French simple present can mean both “puts” and “is putting,” so the sentence can mean “Marie puts/is putting bananas in the fridge.” Common uses of mettre:

• put/place: mettre quelque chose quelque part
• put on (clothes): mettre un manteau
• set (the table): mettre la table
• turn on (devices): mettre la radio/la télé
• take (time) with a person as subject: Je mets dix minutes pour y aller.

How do you pronounce met? Is it the same as mets or mettent?

• met (il/elle/on) and mets (je/tu) sound the same: /mɛ/ (the final t/s is silent).
• mettent (ils/elles) is /mɛt/ (you hear a final /t/). In the sentence, met is /mɛ/.

What’s the full present-tense of mettre, and what’s its past participle?