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"There are some books on the desk." in French

Il y a quelques livres sur le bureau.
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Literal Breakdown

Recording English French Learn
there are il y a
a few; some (plural) quelques
books livres
on sur
the (masculine) le
desk bureau

Summary

The French translation for “There are some books on the desk.” is Il y a quelques livres sur le bureau.. The French, Il y a quelques livres sur le bureau., can be broken down into 6 parts:"there are" (il y a), "a few; some (plural)" (quelques), "books" (livres), "on" (sur), "the (masculine)" (le) and "desk" (bureau).

Practice Lesson

"There are some books on the desk." Practice (7)
Lesson
Lesson words
a few; some (plural),
books,
desk,
on,
the (masculine)
etc.

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Lesson phrases
There are some books on the desk.,
there is
etc.

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Acknowledgements

English source

https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/20557

French source

https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/333393