Explanation for "M'enthousiasme" ?

Gary B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Explanation for "M'enthousiasme" ?

Cette nouvelle aventure m'enthousiasme = this new adventure excites me.   But "enthousiasme " isn't a verb (is it?), so how does this clause work?

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Maarten K.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor Correct answer

Gary, 

Enthousiasmer is a regular French -er verb. 

https://www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/francais/enthousiasmer/29927

https://www.wordreference.com/fren/enthousiasmer

Gary B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Thanks Maarten.  I thought that the --ism suffix made it a noun.  

Gary B. asked:

Explanation for "M'enthousiasme" ?

Cette nouvelle aventure m'enthousiasme = this new adventure excites me.   But "enthousiasme " isn't a verb (is it?), so how does this clause work?

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