Questions & Answers about Tu es l'enfant.
If I wanted to say "a child" instead of "the child", would I use un or une?
The word enfant is special! If you are talking about a boy or just a child in general, you use the masculine un enfant. But if you are specifically talking about a girl, you can use the feminine une enfant. In this sentence, l' hides the gender, but using "a child" reveals it! Why does it say l'enfant instead of le enfant?
In French, when the word for "the" (le or la) comes right before a noun that starts with a vowel (like the 'e' in enfant), the 'e' or 'a' gets dropped and replaced by an apostrophe. This makes it flow better when speaking. So, le enfant becomes l'enfant. Does tu es change if the child is a girl?
No, tu (you) and es (are) stay exactly the same whether you are talking to a male or a female. Verbs and subject pronouns don't change based on gender in French. Only nouns, articles (like un and une), and adjectives change. Do I pronounce the 't' at the end of enfant?
No, the 't' at the end of enfant is silent. You just stop at the nasal vowel sound. Learn Tu es l'enfant and more in French
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