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Wednesday, May 11, 2011

arroser

to water (with a hose)

Leur grand-mère arrose toutes les plantes dans son jardin.
Their grandmother is watering all the plants in her garden.

ALSO RELATED
un tuyau d’arrosage = a garden hose

THIS WEEK
We always enjoy exploring French verbs that are important to everyday conversation but that, for whatever reason, don’t always make the cut of words commonly learned in traditional French classes. This week, we’ll attempt to uncover some of these common but uncommonly-taught verbs.

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