rent

A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., acheter).

transitive verb

Béatrice is renting her Paris apartment to friends because she's working in New York for six months.Béatrice loue son appartement parisien à des amis parce qu’elle travaille à New York pendant six mois.

2. (to take on a lease)

a. louer

Christopher rented a car for the two weeks he was here.Christopher a loué une voiture pendant les deux semaines qu’il a passées ici.

An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., éternuer.).

intransitive verb

3. (to live in leased accommodation)

a. louer

We rented for five years before we bought our apartment.Nous avons loué pendant cinq ans avant d’acheter notre appartement.

4. (to be for lease)

a. se louer

Cottages around here rent for some $500 a week.Les cottages du coin se louent pour environ 500 $ par semaine.

A noun is a word that refers to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., femme, chat, maison).

noun

5. (payment for a lease)

a. le loyer

(m) means that a noun is masculine. French nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la dame or la lune) or masculine (like l'homme or le soleil).

(M)

He pays a rent of $4,000 a month for his apartment.Il paie un loyer de 4 000 $ par mois pour son appartement.

6. (tear)

a. la déchirure

(f) means that a noun is feminine. French nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la dame or la lune) or masculine (like l'homme or le soleil).

(F)

There was a small rent in the curtains.Il y avait une petite déchirure dans les rideaux.

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