L’assuré va déclarer le sinistre.

to go

Breakdown of L’assuré va déclarer le sinistre.

• le sinistre: the insured incident
• l’assuré: the policyholder
• déclarer: to report an insured incident

Questions & Answers about L’assuré va déclarer le sinistre.

Why is there an apostrophe in L’assuré?

Because le becomes l’ before a vowel sound.

• le assuré would sound awkward in French
• so it contracts to l’assuré

This is very common:

• le homme → l’homme
• le accident → l’accident

So l’assuré simply means the insured person / the policyholder / the insured party, depending on context.

What exactly does assuré mean here?

In this sentence, assuré is a noun, not just a past participle.

It means the person who is insured under the insurance policy. Depending on context, English might translate it as:

• the insured
• the policyholder
• the insured person

Be careful: assuré can also be an adjective in other contexts, meaning insured or certain/sure, but here it is clearly a person.

Why does French use va déclarer instead of a single future tense form?