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How to Say ‘And why this drop in February?’ in French

Et pourquoi cette baisse en février ?

eh poor-kwah set BESS on fay-vree-AY

[eh poor-kwah set BESS on fay-vree-AY]

Phrase Breakdown

Et pourquoi cette baisse

eh poor-kwah set BESS

And why this drop

'Cette' is the feminine form of 'this'. 'Baisse' means 'decrease' and sounds like 'bess'.

Example

Pourquoi cette baisse des prix ?

Why this drop in prices?

Words in this phrase

[eh]

and

Joins two thoughts or questions together.

Example

Et vous êtes venu aussi?

And did you come too?

pourquoi

[poor-kwah]

Why

Used to ask for a reason or explanation.

Example

Pourquoi es-tu triste?

Why are you sad?

cette

[set]

this

A determiner used to single out a specific thing.

Example

Cette maison est ancienne.

This house is old.

baisse

[BESS]

drop, decrease

Feminine noun for a fall in numbers or level.

Example

On voit une baisse des ventes.

We see a drop in sales.

en février ?

on fay-vree-AY

in February?

'En' is used with months. 'Février' sounds like 'fay-vree-ay'. Let your voice rise at the end.

Example

Il fait froid en février.

It's cold in February.

Words in this phrase

[on]

A preposition indicating inclusion within a space.

Example

Il est en France.

He is in France.

février

[fay-vree-AY]

February

The second month of the year; months are lowercase in French sentences.

Example

Il fait froid en février.

It's cold in February.

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