Breakdown of Garde le constat amiable au cas où l’assureur voudrait le lire.
lire
to read
vouloir
to want
garder
to keep
l'
it
Questions & Answers about Garde le constat amiable au cas où l’assureur voudrait le lire.
Why does the sentence start with Garde and not Gardez or Tu gardes?
Garde is the informal singular imperative of garder (to keep).
So this is the form used when telling one person directly to do something:
- Garde = Keep
- Gardez = Keep (when speaking to one person formally or more than one person)
- Tu gardes = you keep / you are keeping, which is a statement, not a command
So Garde le constat amiable... means Keep the accident report... as an instruction to one person.
What does constat amiable mean exactly?
Le constat amiable is a fixed expression, especially in the context of car accidents and insurance.
It refers to the standard accident report form that drivers fill out together after a minor accident.
Word by word:
- constat = report / statement / finding
- amiable = amicable / agreed upon
But in real usage, you should treat constat amiable as one insurance-related phrase meaning something like:
- joint accident report
- amicable accident report
- standard accident claim form
So it is better learned as a chunk rather than translated word by word every time.
Why is it le constat amiable and not just constat amiable?