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French Text:
L'image montre une montre de poche vintage sur un champ d'herbe avec un ciel étoilé au-dessus.

English Translation:
The image shows a vintage pocket watch on a grassy field with a starry sky above.

Grammar Notes:
1. L'image - "The image"
- L' - a contraction of "le" (the) and "image," used before a vowel or mute h.
- image - feminine noun meaning "image."

2. montre - "shows"
- Present tense of the verb montrer, meaning "to show."

3. une - "a"
- Indefinite article in French, used here because it precedes a feminine singular noun.

4. montre - "watch"
- Noun, feminine, meaning "watch." It's the same spelling as the verb "to show" but they are homonyms with different meanings.

5. de - "of"
- Preposition used here as part of a prepositional phrase.

6. poche - "pocket"
- Noun, feminine, meaning "pocket."

7. vintage - "vintage"
- Adjective describing the noun "montre," borrowed directly from English.

8. sur - "on"
- Preposition indicating the location.

9. un - "a"
- Indefinite article used before a masculine noun.

10. champ - "field"
- Noun, masculine, meaning "field."

11. d'herbe - "of grass"
- d' - contraction of "de" (of) and "herbe" due to the next word beginning with a vowel.
- herbe - noun, feminine, meaning "grass."

12. avec - "with"
- Preposition used to add additional information about the scene.

13. un - "a"
- Indefinite article, as above.

14. ciel - "sky"
- Noun, masculine, meaning "sky."

15. étoilé - "starry"
- Adjective describing the noun "ciel," meaning "starry."

16. au-dessus - "above"
- Prepositional phrase, a contraction of "à" (to) and "dessus" (top or above), indicating location relative to the field of grass.

### Grammar Tip:
In French, when using adjectives (like "vintage" or "étoilé") they typically follow the noun they describe, which is different from English where adjectives usually precede the noun. However, some adjectives in French, like "bon" (good) or "petit" (small), usually precede the noun.

### Etymology of "montre" (watch):
The noun "montre" comes from the verb "montrer," which means "to show." Originally, a "montre" (watch) was so named because it showed the time. This is an example of a noun developing from the action its object performs.

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