Today I want to present you some examples of the French adjectives croissant and décroissant, the nouns la croissance and la décroissance and the verbs croître and décroître.
L’utilisation croissante des produits chimiques est un phénomène inquiétant.
The increasing use of chemicals is a worrying phenomenon.
Entre eux deux, la tension allait croissante.
Between the two of them, the tension was growing.
Un nombre croissant de navires a été aperçu au large.
An increasing number of vessels have been sighted offshore.
Les partisans de la croissance s’opposent à ceux de la décroissance.
The proponents of growth are opposed to those of degrowth.
Quelle est la capacité de cette entreprise à croître encore dans les prochaines années ?
What is the capacity of this company to grow further in the coming years?
Ils doutent que les ressources des forêts ne cessent de décroître en raison de leur surutilisation.
They doubt that forest resources will continue to decline due to overuse.
Learn how to differentiate between pronouns replacing a direct and an indirect complement of the French verb my friend.
RULE: if the complement is direct (no preposition), use LE (masc. sing.), LA (fem. sing) and LES (plural) to replace the complement, while if the complement is indirect (with a preposition), use LUI (masc. sing.), LUI (fem. sing) and LEUR (plural) to replace the complement.
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