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Sentence practice

Le livre est sur la table.

/lə livʁ ɛ syʁ la tabl/

The book is on the table.

A1neutral

The sentence, word by word

PatternARTICLE + NOUN + être + PREP + ARTICLE + NOUN
  • Lethedeterminer — article, number or possessive
  • livrebooksubject
  • estislinking verb (to be)
  • sur≠ sousonpreposition of place
  • lathedeterminer — article, number or possessive
  • tabletableplace — where

The verb — where it comes from

  • est←êtreGroup 3 · irregular

    This verb is irregular — it isn't built from anything and has to be learned. Its full table is below, in the rule's explanation.

    Mood
    indicative
    Tense
    present
    Person
    third person singular (il/elle/on)
    With
    livre

    Irregular. There is no stem-plus-ending pattern to follow; the whole table has to be learned, like English be: am, is, are.

    Full conjugation of «être»

Why it takes this form

  • le → laBecame feminine singular because it refers to «table»you can hear it

Notes on this sentence

  • sursur = on (touching the surface). Its opposite is sous (under) — easy to mix up: sur has the r of « on top ».
  • LeA thing's location: noun + est + preposition, just like English.

The rules in this sentence

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