No. 10,015 in French

gardés

"Gardés" means "kept" or "guarded" in English.

In a sentence

Les dossiers ont été gardés en sécurité.
The files have been kept safe.
In this sentence, 'gardés' is the past participle of 'garder,' used in passive voice to mean 'kept' or 'held.'
Nous avons gardés ces souvenirs précieux.
We have kept these precious memories.
Here, 'gardés' appears as the past participle of 'garder' and agrees in gender and number with the direct object 'souvenirs,' meaning 'kept' or 'held on to.'
Ces objets sont bien gardés.
These objects are well protected.
In this context, 'gardés' is used as the past participle of 'garder' in a passive structure, indicating protection or safekeeping.

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