Learn French: Notre équipe travaille aux États-Unis. - Our team works in the United States.

Notre équipe travaille aux États-Unis.

Our team works in the United States.

Breakdown of Notre équipe travaille aux États-Unis.

to the, at the (plural) / with (flavoured with, in dish names) / with (having as a feature)

Questions & Answers about Notre équipe travaille aux États-Unis.

Why do we use aux before États-Unis?

In French, the United States is a plural country (les États-Unis). When saying in or to a plural country, we use aux. This is a combination of the preposition à (at/in/to) and the plural word for the (les).

A team has many people in it, so why is the verb travaille in the singular form?

Even though a team is made of multiple people, the word équipe itself is singular (one team). Because of this, it acts like he, she, or it, so we use the singular verb form travaille.

Is the word équipe masculine or feminine, and does it change how we say our?

The word équipe is feminine. However, it doesn't change how we say our because notre is used for both masculine and feminine singular nouns. You only change it to nos if you are talking about multiple teams.

How do you pronounce aux États-Unis? Are there connected sounds?

Yes, there are two connected sounds (called liaisons) here. The x in aux and the s in États both make a z sound because they are followed by words starting with vowels. It flows together and sounds like oh-zay-tah-zew-nee.