Learn French: Le café est chaud et l'eau est froide. - The coffee is hot and the water is cold.

In French, adjectives change to match the gender of the noun they describe. Café is a masculine noun, so it uses the masculine adjective chaud. Eau (water) is a feminine noun, so we add an -e to the masculine word froid to make the feminine version: froide.

Does adding the -e to froide change how it is pronounced?

Yes! In the masculine form froid, the final d is silent. But when you add the feminine -e to make froide, it forces you to pronounce that d sound at the end of the word.

Is the d at the end of chaud silent too?

Yes, the final d in chaud is silent because it is in its masculine form. If you were describing a hot feminine noun (like la soupe), you would add an -e to make it chaude, and then you would pronounce the d.

If l'eau uses l' instead of la, how can I tell it's feminine?