| Grammar Notes: 1. Le capitaine William Thornfield - Le: the (masculine singular definite article) - capitaine: captain (noun, masculine singular) - William Thornfield: proper noun (name of the captain) 2. et - et: and (conjunction) 3. son équipage - son: his (possessive adjective, masculine singular) - équipage: crew (noun, masculine singular) 4. naviguent - naviguent: navigate (verb, 3rd person plural, present tense) - Infinitive: naviguer 5. sur - sur: on (preposition) 6. les mers glacées - les: the (plural definite article) - mers: seas (noun, feminine plural) - glacées: icy (adjective, feminine plural) - Infinitive for glacé: glacer (to freeze) 7. pour - pour: for (preposition) 8. une mission spéciale - une: a (feminine singular indefinite article) - mission: mission (noun, feminine singular) - spéciale: special (adjective, feminine singular) Grammar Tip: In French, adjectives agree in gender and number with the nouns they modify. For example, "glacées" agrees with "mers" because "mers" is feminine plural. Similarly, "spéciale" agrees with "mission" because "mission" is feminine singular. |
