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Elle a visité une ville canadienne.

Elle a visité une ville canadienne.
She visited a Canadian city.
From Lesson 78:Double consonant adjectives (-enne, -ette)·French

Questions & Answers about Elle a visité une ville canadienne.

Why is it canadienne with two Ns instead of just canadien?
Because ville is a feminine noun. For masculine adjectives ending in -en, like canadien, you must double the final consonant and add an -e to make them feminine. This gives us canadienne.
Why is canadienne placed after ville?
In French, most adjectives come after the noun they describe. Adjectives of nationality or geographic origin, like canadienne, always go after the noun.
Why isn't canadienne capitalized like it is in English?
In French, nationalities are only capitalized when they are used as nouns to talk about a person (like un Canadien for "a Canadian man"). When used as adjectives to describe something, they are always written in lowercase.
Why do we need the word a before visité?
This sentence is in the past tense, called the passé composé. It requires two parts: a helper verb (here, a from the verb avoir) and a past participle (visité). You can think of it literally as "She has visited."

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