No. 11,845 in French

stylos

Pens.

In a sentence

J'écris avec des stylos colorés.
I write with colorful pens.
In this sentence, 'stylos' refers to pens used as writing tools and is in the plural form.
Ces stylos sont sur la table.
These pens are on the table.
In this sentence, 'stylos' refers to specific pens being located on the table, indicating a spatial aspect.
Pouvez-vous me prêter un de vos stylos?
Can you lend me one of your pens?
Here, 'stylos' is used to indicate a request for a singular item from a group of pens owned by someone else.

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