Demonstrator dies in Paris: autopsy results, an investigation still open

La publication de résultats d’autopsie ne signifie pas qu’une responsabilité est établie.

Normally ne and pas wrap the verb. Before a vowel, ne becomes n’. Check which part of the sentence the negation covers. Ne … plus means “no longer”.

Selon TF1 et l’AFP, le parquet a indiqué le 27 octobre que l’autopsie d’un manifestant de 59 ans, mort à Paris le 17 octobre, concluait à une défaillance cardiorespiratoire aiguë sur un terrain cardiaque pathologique.

Selon means “according to”. Put a person or organisation after it as the source. It separates facts the writer checked directly from what another body or report said. Citing a source does not turn a forecast into an accomplished fact.

Une information judiciaire pour rechercher les causes de la mort a été ouverte le 27 octobre et des analyses complémentaires ont été demandées.

This is the purpose, “in order to…”. Put the base form of a verb after pour. The purpose stated here is separate from whether the effect was actually achieved.

Une possibilité évoquée n’est pas, à elle seule, une cause démontrée.

Est is third-person singular and sont third-person plural of être. They express “is / are” — a state or description. If a past participle follows, it is a different structure such as the passive, so check the words that follow.

Le parquet a communiqué le 27 octobre des résultats d’autopsie concernant un homme mort le 17 octobre.

Le 15 octobre means “on 15 October”. Distinguish the le before a date from the le that marks a weekly habit like a weekday. Du is de + le and au is à + le, so decide the meaning from the verb and period expressions around them. Their role depends on the group: a range of dates, the date of a bulletin or another complement.

La famille les conteste et les circonstances restent à éclaircir.

Et joins not only words but also groups of nouns and whole clauses. Spot the two elements playing the same role to break up a long sentence. Et does not necessarily express cause and effect.

TF1とAFPによると、パリのデモに参加していた59歳の男性が10月17日に死亡した件で、検察は27日、解剖で心臓の疾患を背景とする急性の心肺機能不全が確認されたと説明しました。

As in “LCPによると”, it shows where the information comes from. What that source reported follows. It is used differently from “私にとって”, which gives one’s own opinion.

解剖結果が発表されたことは、誰かの責任が確定したという意味ではありません。

These forms limit and deny an interpretation: “it does not necessarily follow” or “that is not what is meant”. They do not necessarily deny every fact in the sentence. Read what is being denied together with the earlier part.

解剖結果が発表されたことは、誰かの責任が確定したという意味ではありません。

It takes up a word, as in “在留資格とは？”, and asks for its meaning. In explanations it is used as “〜とは、…です”. Here the quotation と and the topic は are combined.

遺族側の弁護士は、催涙ガスとの関連の可能性を指摘しています。

These forms say something may happen. Even when “possibility” is written, it does not mean it will certainly happen. Check whose forecast it is, plus the time and conditions.

解剖結果が発表されたことは、誰かの責任が確定したという意味ではありません。

They negate a noun and similar content. “ではありません” is the polite form and “ではない” the plain form. “成立ではありません” shows that it cannot be said to have been concluded.

10月17日に死亡した男性について、検察が27日に解剖結果を説明しました。

As in “予算について”, it shows the topic to be talked about or explained. In the form “〜についての報道”, の is added so that the group qualifies the following noun.