Today we’ll look at the French conjunction car, which translates to because, for and as. J’étudie le français car c’est une belle langue. I’m studying French as it’s a beautiful language!
car – [kaʀ]
because, for, as
Car – French conjunction
Word origin
The Modern French conjunction car comes from quārē (for what reason) in Latin.
Example sentences
This first example sentence uses sortir, which means “to go out”. Students often confuse this verb with partir (to leave).
Je sors car il fait beau.
I’m going out because it’s nice out.
For this second example sentence, the expression faire attention à + noun can translate to “watch out for” or “be careful of”.
Attention aux piétons, car ils marchent dans la rue.
Watch out for the pedestrians as they’re walking in the street.
This sentence uses a similar expression, faire gaffe à + noun, which is somewhat synonymous with faire attention.
Fais gaffe à ce mec car il est très malin.
Be careful of that guy because he’s very clever.
Interestingly, the masculine noun le car means bus or coach.
Mes amis sont allés en Espagne en car.
My friends went to Spain by bus.
Related lessons
- Bien que – even though, although
- Cependant – however, yet, nonetheless
- Tandis que – whereas, while
- Pour que so that, in order to
- Quoique – even though, although
- Pourvu que – provided that
- Malgré – despite
- Lors de – at the time of
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