Grammatical class

Verb

expliquer

to explain

Details

Syllables

ex-pli-quer

Phonetics

ɛk.spli.ke

Grammatical class

Verb

Freq. (books)

696

Freq. (movies)

621

Freq. (news)

1331

Sentences

Je peux expliquer.

I can explain.

A1

Tom va m'expliquer.

Tom is going to explain it to me.

A1

Je peux l'expliquer.

I can explain it.

A1

Peux-tu l'expliquer ?

Can you explain that?

A1

Elles vont te l'expliquer.

They're going to explain it to you.

A2

J'ai du mal à l'expliquer.

I don't know how to explain it.

A2

Laisse-moi t'expliquer ça.

Let me explain that to you.

B1

Tu n'avais pas besoin d'expliquer.

You didn't need to explain.

B1

Elle a essayé de tout lui expliquer.

She tried to explain everything to him.

B1

J'ignore comment l'expliquer autrement.

I don't know how else to explain it.

B1

Je dois te l'expliquer?

Do I have to spell it out for you?

B2

Pourrais-tu m'expliquer les règles ?

Would you please explain the rules to me?

B2