No. 3,644 in French
mathieu
"Mathieu" is a French given name equivalent to "Matthew" in English.
In a sentence
Mathieu joue au football avec ses amis.
Mathieu is playing football with his friends.
'Mathieu' is used here as a proper noun referring to the name of a person.
Le livre de Mathieu est sur la table.
Mathieu's book is on the table.
'Mathieu' is used here to indicate possession using the possessive construct 'de Mathieu'.
Je crois que Mathieu aime vraiment l'art classique.
I believe that Mathieu really loves classical art.
'Mathieu' is used here as the subject of the verb 'aimer', indicating the person performing the action of loving classical art.
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