No. 10,821 in French
observant
Paying careful attention; watchful.
In a sentence
Elle est très observante et remarque les moindres détails.
She is very observant and notices the tiniest details.
Here, 'observante' is used as an adjective to describe a person's quality of being watchful and noticing fine details.
Les élèves doivent être observants pendant les démonstrations en laboratoire.
Students must be observant during laboratory demonstrations.
In this sentence, 'observants' is an adjective describing the students' required behavior of attentiveness and careful watching.
Ils observent les étoiles avec beaucoup d'intérêt.
They observe the stars with great interest.
The word 'observent' here is a verb (third person plural form of 'observer'), illustrating the act of actively watching or studying an object or scene.
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