Bonjour - what purpose does the “le” in this exercise sentence have?
Nous paraissons plus jeunes que nous le sommes.
We look younger than we are.Merci beaucoup
Bonjour - what purpose does the “le” in this exercise sentence have?
Nous paraissons plus jeunes que nous le sommes.
We look younger than we are.Karl, " Le " in the sentence is a 'neuter pronoun', replacing the adjective 'jeune'. This is covered in the lesson linked below.
Without using the pronoun 'le' the sentence would be
" Nous paraissons plus jeunes que nous sommes jeunes ".
Unlike in English, the adjective needs to be 'repeated', but can be replaced by the pronoun ' le ' instead.
Using neuter pronoun le to replace adjectives (French Direct Object Pronouns)
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