l'encourager

to encourage him/her

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to encourage him/her The l’ is a contracted direct-object pronoun meaning “him,” “her,” or sometimes “it.” The verb may be conjugated while keeping the pronoun before it, as in je l’encourage (“I encourage him/her”).

FR: Je vais l'encourager avant son examen.

EN: I’m going to encourage him before his exam.

J'aurais dû l'encourager.

I should have encouraged him.

— Piège de cristal (1988)

On l'applaudit pour l'encourager.

We applauded him to encourage him.

— Pinocchio (2019)

Pourriez pas l'encourager ?

Couldn't you encourage him?

— Tampopo (1985)

Tu ne devrais pas l'encourager.

You shouldn't encourage him.

— Le Seigneur des anneaux : Le Retour du roi (2003)

Vous devez l'encourager à réessayer.

You need to encourage him to try again.

J'en ai parlé à l'un de mes fils, pour l'encourager.

I mentioned it to one of my sons to encourage him.

— Douleur et gloire (2019)

Tom sourit à Mary pour l'encourager.

Tom smiles at Mary to encourage her.