Ma grand-mère aime récolter les légumes frais tôt le matin.

Because grand-mère is a feminine singular noun, so the normal possessive adjective is ma.

• mon = my + masculine singular noun
• ma = my + feminine singular noun
• mes = my + plural noun

So:

• mon grand-père = my grandfather
• ma grand-mère = my grandmother

A useful extra point: before a feminine noun that starts with a vowel sound, French often uses mon instead of ma for pronunciation reasons, as in mon amie. But grand-mère starts with a consonant sound, so ma stays normal.

Grand-mère is a compound noun, and in standard French it is written with a hyphen.

This is very common with family words:

• grand-mère = grandmother
• grand-père = grandfather

In the plural, it becomes:

• grand-mères = grandmothers

So the hyphen is not optional here; it is part of the standard spelling.

Aime is the third-person singular present tense of the verb aimer.

The subject is Ma grand-mère, which is she, so the verb must match that subject:

• j’aime = I like
• tu aimes = you like
• il/elle aime = he/she likes

So Ma grand-mère aime... means My grandmother likes...

After aimer, French normally uses the infinitive when you want to say someone likes doing something.

So:

• aimer + infinitive

Examples:

• J’aime lire. = I like to read.
• Elle aime cuisiner. = She likes to cook.
• Ma grand-mère aime récolter... = My grandmother likes to harvest...

English can say likes harvesting or likes to harvest, but French usually uses the infinitive: aime récolter.

Yes, the accents matter in French. They are part of the correct spelling and often help show pronunciation.

In this sentence:

• mère has è
• récolter has é
• légumes has é
• tôt has ô

These accents can change the sound of the vowel, and sometimes they also help distinguish one word from another. Even when a word is still understandable without accents, the correct written form includes them.

For a learner, it is best to treat accents as part of the word, not as optional decorations.

Les is the definite article: the.
Des is an indefinite/plural article: some.

In this sentence, les légumes can sound like:

• the vegetables in general, or
• the specific vegetables she is harvesting

French often uses les in places where English might simply say vegetables with no article.

Compare:

• Elle aime récolter les légumes. = She likes harvesting vegetables / the vegetables.
• Elle aime récolter des légumes. = She likes harvesting some vegetables.

So les is very natural here.

In French, most adjectives come after the noun, especially adjectives that describe a physical quality such as freshness, color, shape, or origin.

So:

• des légumes frais = fresh vegetables

This is more natural than putting frais before the noun.

Some common adjectives do often go before the noun, such as petit, grand, beau, jeune, but frais in this meaning normally comes after.

Because adjectives must agree with the noun they describe.

Here, légumes is:

• masculine
• plural

So the adjective must also be masculine plural:

• masculine singular: frais
• feminine singular: fraîche
• masculine plural: frais
• feminine plural: fraîches

Since légumes is masculine plural, frais is the correct form.

Tôt le matin literally means early the morning, but the natural English meaning is early in the morning.

French often uses le in time expressions like this:

• le matin = in the morning
• l’après-midi = in the afternoon
• le soir = in the evening

So:

• tôt le matin = early in the morning

This is a very common and natural French expression.

A little, yes, but the given order is very natural.

The sentence is built like this:

• Ma grand-mère = subject
• aime = conjugated verb
• récolter = infinitive
• les légumes frais = object
• tôt le matin = time expression

French usually keeps this kind of order quite clearly. You might hear variations for emphasis, but Ma grand-mère aime récolter les légumes frais tôt le matin is a standard, natural sentence.

For example, moving tôt le matin earlier is possible in some contexts, but it may sound more marked:

• Ma grand-mère aime, tôt le matin, récolter les légumes frais.

That is grammatical, but the original sentence is simpler and more neutral.

Not exactly. Grand-mère is the standard word for grandmother. It is neutral and appropriate in most situations.

Other words can be more affectionate or informal:

• mamie = grandma / granny
• mémé = very informal, sometimes affectionate, sometimes old-fashioned depending on context

So in a normal sentence like this, grand-mère is the safest and most standard choice.