No. 10,900 in French
papayes
Papayes: Papayas, tropical fruits with sweet orange flesh and black seeds.
In a sentence
Les papayes sont des fruits tropicaux très appréciés.
Papayas are tropical fruits that are highly appreciated.
In this sentence, 'papayes' is used as a plural subject referring to the fruits, emphasizing their general characteristics.
Il a acheté trois papayes au marché pour préparer un dessert.
He bought three papayas at the market to prepare a dessert.
Here, 'papayes' refers to a specific number of items purchased, illustrating numerical relevance to countable nouns.
Ces papayes sont mûres et prêtes à être mangées.
These papayas are ripe and ready to be eaten.
'Papayes' is used in combination with a demonstrative pronoun 'ces', indicating specificity and distinguishing the particular papayas under discussion.
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