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L'actrice finit son film aujourd'hui.

L'actrice finit son film aujourd'hui.
The actress finishes her movie today.
From Lesson 79:Feminine adjective endings (-ère, -trice)·French

Questions & Answers about L'actrice finit son film aujourd'hui.

How does the word actrice relate to the rule for words ending in -teur?
While actrice is a noun (actress) rather than an adjective, it follows the exact same pattern you are learning! Words that end in -teur in the masculine form generally change to -trice in the feminine form. So, un acteur (an actor) becomes une actrice.
Since the actress is a woman, why does the sentence use son film instead of sa film for "her movie"?
In French, possessive words like son and sa agree with the gender of the object being owned, not the person who owns it. Because the word film is masculine, you must use the masculine son, even though the movie belongs to a woman. It translates to "her movie" based purely on context.
What is the infinitive (dictionary form) of finit, and how is it conjugated here?
Finit comes from the regular -ir verb finir (to finish). For the il/elle/on (he/she/it) forms, regular -ir verbs drop the -ir and add -it. Since l'actrice acts as "she" (elle), the verb becomes finit.
Why is it written as L'actrice instead of La actrice?
Because actrice starts with a vowel, the feminine word for "the" (la) drops its a and blends with the noun with an apostrophe. This is called elision, and it prevents two vowel sounds from clashing, making the phrase flow more smoothly when spoken.

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