Le temps passe vite quand nous parlons français ensemble.

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Breakdown of Le temps passe vite quand nous parlons français ensemble.

• ensemble: together
• le français: the French language
• quand: when

Questions & Answers about Le temps passe vite quand nous parlons français ensemble.

Why is it Le temps and not just temps?

In French, nouns usually need an article, even when English would often leave it out.

So le temps literally means the time, but in French it is also the normal way to say time in a general sense.

• Le temps passe vite. = Time passes quickly.

French often uses the definite article where English uses no article.

Why is it passe and not passes?

Because the verb must agree with the subject in French.

Here, the subject is le temps, which is third person singular, so the verb passer becomes:

• je passe
• tu passes
• il / elle / on passe
• nous passons
• vous passez
• ils / elles passent

Since le temps is singular, we use passe.

What does vite do here, and why not rapidement?