Le complément d’objet direct (COD) In French grammar, a COD is the part of the sentence that receives the action of the verb directly, without a preposition. 1. How to find the COD? You ask the questions:Quoi ? (What?)Qui ? (Whom?) after the verb. Examples: Je mange une pomme.→ Je mange quoi ? → une...
French present participle The French present participle (Le Participe présent), called le participe présent in French, is very similar in French and English. Present participle is the verb form that ends in -ant. It is far less common than its English counterpart, which ends in -ing. The present participle may be an adjective, gerund, noun,...