No. 3 in French
et
"And"
In a sentence
J'aime les pommes et les bananes.
I like apples and bananas.
Here, 'et' is used as a conjunction to connect two nouns, 'pommes' and 'bananes', to indicate addition.
Marie étudie le matin, puis elle se repose et regarde la télévision.
Marie studies in the morning, then she rests and watches TV.
'Et' functions as a conjunction linking two verbs, 'repose' and 'regarde', to form a coordinated compound predicate.
Il est courageux et persévérant, un vrai exemple pour nous tous.
He is brave and perseverant, a true example for all of us.
In this sentence, 'et' connects two adjective complements, 'courageux' and 'persévérant', describing the subject 'Il' together.
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