No. 3,569 in French
impossible
Not able to occur, exist, or be done.
In a sentence
Il est impossible de finir ce travail aujourd'hui.
It is impossible to finish this work today.
The word 'impossible' is used as an adjective to describe the feasibility of completing the work within a certain timeframe.
Cet élève trouve les mathématiques impossibles à comprendre.
This student finds mathematics impossible to understand.
Here 'impossible' describes the student's perception of difficulty, serving as an adjective relating to understanding mathematics.
Il disait que résoudre ce problème serait une mission impossible.
He said that solving this problem would be an impossible mission.
In this context, 'impossible' characterizes the nature of the mission itself as highly challenging or unattainable.
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