Breakdown of Le café est très chaud.
Questions & Answers about Le café est très chaud.
Why is the adjective chaud here instead of chaude?
Because le café is a masculine noun. In French, adjectives change to match the gender of the noun they describe. Since café is masculine, we use the base masculine form chaud. If we were describing a feminine noun, like la soupe, we would add an e to make it chaude. Do I pronounce the d at the end of chaud?
No, the d at the end of the masculine word chaud is silent (it sounds a bit like "show"). You only pronounce the d when you add an e for the feminine form, chaude. Why does café have an accent mark on the e?
That accent (pointing up and right) tells you to pronounce the e like the "ay" in the English word "day." Without an accent, an e at the end of a French word is usually silent. Is the s in très silent?
Yes, in this sentence it is silent because the next word (chaud) starts with a consonant. But if the next word started with a vowel, like très amusant (very fun), you would hear the s pronounced as a "z" sound to link the two words. Learn Le café est très chaud and more in French
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