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Nous visitons un musée à Rome.

Nous visitons un musée à Rome.
We are visiting a museum in Rome.
From Lesson 34:Prepositions for cities and countries (à, en, au, aux)·French

Questions & Answers about Nous visitons un musée à Rome.

Why does the sentence use à Rome to mean "in Rome" instead of dans or en?
In French, you always use the preposition à (meaning "in" or "at") before the exact name of a city. You use en, au, or aux for countries, regions, and states, but cities always get à.
The word musée ends with an "e". Shouldn't it be feminine (une musée)?
Not always! While an "-e" ending is a good hint that a word might be feminine, there are exceptions. Musée (museum) is a masculine word, so it takes un. Another common exception you might know is un problème.
The English translation says "we are visiting". Why isn't there a word for "are" in the French sentence?
French doesn't have a separate "am/is/are + -ing" action form like English does. The single present tense verb visitons translates to both "we visit" and "we are visiting". Adding a word for "are" (like sommes) here would be incorrect!
Do I need to connect the 's' at the end of visitons with the 'u' in un when I speak?
Yes, this is a great place to make a spoken connection called a liaison! Since visitons ends in an 's' and un starts with a vowel, you connect them with a "z" sound: "vi-zi-ton-Z-un".

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