Je relis ce paragraphe deux fois avant de l’envoyer.

Because relire means to reread, while lire means to read.

• je lis = I read
• je relis = I reread / I read again

The prefix re- adds the idea of doing something again. So Je relis ce paragraphe means I reread this paragraph.

Yes. Relire follows the same pattern as lire, because it is built from it.

For the present tense:

• je relis
• tu relis
• il / elle relit
• nous relisons
• vous relisez
• ils / elles relisent

So in this sentence, je relis is simply the je form of relire.

Because paragraphe is a masculine singular noun, and it begins with a consonant sound.

French demonstrative adjectives are:

• ce for masculine singular before most consonants
• cet for masculine singular before a vowel or mute h
• cette for feminine singular
• ces for plural

So:

• ce paragraphe = this paragraph
• cet article = this article
• cette phrase = this sentence

In French, expressions like une fois, deux fois, trois fois often come after the verb and its object.

So:

• Je relis ce paragraphe deux fois.

This is the natural word order for I reread this paragraph twice.

French usually does not place deux fois before the verb the way English can sometimes do with twice. The most standard placement here is after the object.

Because avant de + infinitive is used when the subject is the same in both parts of the sentence.

Here, the subject is je in both actions:

• Je relis...
• ...avant de l’envoyer

Both actions are done by the same person, so French uses:

• avant de + infinitive

If the subject changes, then French uses avant que + subjunctive:

• Je relis ce paragraphe avant que tu l’envoies.
• I reread this paragraph before you send it.

So in your sentence, avant de l’envoyer is correct because I am the one rereading it and I am the one sending it.

L’ is the direct object pronoun standing for ce paragraphe.

So:

• envoyer ce paragraphe = to send this paragraph
• l’envoyer = to send it

French often replaces a repeated noun with a pronoun, just like English does with it.

Because le or la becomes l’ before a vowel sound, you get:

• le + envoyer → l’envoyer

Here it means it, referring to ce paragraphe.

In French, object pronouns usually go before the verb they belong to, including before an infinitive.

So:

• envoyer le paragraphe = to send the paragraph
• l’envoyer = to send it

That is why French says:

• avant de l’envoyer

not:

• avant d’envoyer-le

French does not put the object pronoun after the infinitive the way English can attach pronouns after verbs in some structures.

Yes. Je relis is in the present tense.

In a sentence like this, the French present often expresses a habit, routine, or general practice, not just something happening right now.

So this sentence can mean something like:

• I reread this paragraph twice before sending it
  or
• I usually reread this paragraph twice before sending it

French uses the present tense very often where English also uses the simple present for habits.

Yes. Both are correct.

• Je relis ce paragraphe deux fois avant de l’envoyer.
• Je relis ce paragraphe deux fois avant d’envoyer ce paragraphe.

But the second version sounds repetitive because ce paragraphe is repeated. French, like English, usually prefers the pronoun once the noun has already been mentioned.

So avant de l’envoyer is the more natural version.

Because after avant, when the next verb is an infinitive, French normally uses de:

• avant de partir = before leaving
• avant de manger = before eating
• avant de l’envoyer = before sending it

So avant de is the fixed pattern here.

The l’ links directly into envoyer because of elision.

A simple pronunciation guide would be:

• l’envoyer ≈ lahn-vwah-yay

More exactly, the en in envoyer is nasal, so there is no full n sound like in English. The important point for learners is that le becomes l’ before a vowel, and the whole group is pronounced smoothly together:

• de l’envoyer

not as separate heavy syllables like de / le / envoyer.