No. 9,809 in French
expliquant
"Expliquant" means "explaining."
In a sentence
Il était là, expliquant doucement les règles à ses élèves.
He was there, gently explaining the rules to his students.
'Expliquant' is used as a present participle, describing the person and his action of explaining concurrently as part of a narrative.
Elle suivait l'exposé en silence, expliquant parfois des points aux autres.
She followed the presentation in silence, sometimes explaining points to others.
Here, 'expliquant' is a participle used to add details about the subject's occasional actions of explaining during the event described.
Ils ont écrit un article, expliquant leur position sur le sujet.
They wrote an article, explaining their position on the subject.
The present participle 'expliquant' here explains the purpose or action related to the article, connecting the writing action to its explanatory content.
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