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How to Say ‘Its roast is darker.’ in French

Sa torréfaction est plus foncée.

SAH tor-ray-fak-SYOHN eh ploo fohn-SAY

[SAH tor-ray-fak-SYOHN eh ploo fohn-SAY]

Phrase Breakdown

Sa torréfaction

SAH tor-ray-fak-SYOHN

Its roast

'Torréfaction' means coffee roasting. Say it as 'to-ray-fak-syon', with a nasal ending.

Example

La torréfaction prend du temps.

Roasting takes time.

Words in this phrase

Sa

[SAH]

its

Possessive before a feminine noun; here referring to a coffee.

Example

Ce café a sa propre saveur.

This coffee has its own flavour.

torréfaction

[tor-ray-fak-SYOHN]

roast

The roasting of coffee beans.

Example

La torréfaction change le goût du café.

Roasting changes the taste of coffee.

est plus foncée.

eh ploo fohn-SAY

is darker.

'Foncée' means dark and is said 'fon-say'. It agrees with the feminine 'torréfaction'.

Example

La couleur est plus foncée.

The color is darker.

Words in this phrase

est

[eh]

is

Third person singular present of be.

Example

C'est important.

It is important.

plus

[ploo]

more

Means more; in plus de it means more than.

Example

Dans « Si vous avez plus de quinze minutes de retard. », « plus » marque une quantité supérieure.

In "If you are more than fifteen minutes late.", "plus" marks a greater amount.

foncée

[fohn-SAY]

dark

Deep in colour; feminine form of foncé.

Example

Je préfère une couleur foncée.

I prefer a dark colour.

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