concentrer
concentrate
The French word 'concentrer' is a verb that is used in a similar way to its English counterpart 'concentrate'. It is used to describe the act of focusing one's attention or mental effort on a particular task or subject. For example, 'Je dois me concentrer sur mon travail' means 'I need to concentrate on my work'.
Example sentences using: concentrer
Je dois me concentrer sur mes études.
I have to focus on my studies.
In this sentence, 'concentrer' is used to denote 'focusing attention or effort'. This is a reflexive form of 'concentrer', used with the reflexive pronoun 'me'.
Pouvez-vous concentrer votre attention, s'il vous plaît?
Can you concentrate your attention, please?
In this context, 'concentrer' is used to mean 'to focus' one's attention. 'Votre' refers to formal or plural 'you'. This sentence is using 'concentrer' in a request to focus attention.
Il est difficile de se concentrer dans cet environnement bruyant.
It's hard to concentrate in this noisy environment.
In this example, 'concentrer' is used reflexively with 'se' to mean 'to focus oneself'. The sentence is expressing the difficulty of concentrating or focusing in a noisy environment.