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Un journaliste lit la presse avec une voix forte.

Un journaliste lit la presse avec une voix forte.
A journalist reads the press with a strong voice.
From Lesson 86:Irregular communication verbs (dire, lire)·French

Breakdown of Un journaliste lit la presse avec une voix forte.

fort
strong
avec
with
lire
to read
le journaliste
the journalist
la presse
the press
la voix
the voice

Questions & Answers about Un journaliste lit la presse avec une voix forte.

Why is it lit and not lis here?
lit is the "he/she/it" form of the irregular verb lire (to read) in the present tense. Since un journaliste counts as a "he" (or "she"), we use lit. The spelling lis is used for je (I) and tu (you).
Is journaliste always a masculine word?
Not always! Nouns ending in -iste are often used for both men and women. We know this specific journalist is male because of the word un. If it were a female journalist, it would be une journaliste, but the noun's spelling wouldn't change.
Why use avec (with) instead of a word for "in"?
In English, we say someone speaks "in a loud voice." In French, the natural way to say this is "with a loud voice" (avec une voix forte). Prepositions often don't translate word-for-word between languages, so it helps to memorize the whole phrase.
Why does forte come after voix and end in an "e"?
In French, most adjectives come after the noun they describe. Also, the word for voice (la voix) is feminine, even though it ends in an "x". Because it is feminine, the adjective fort (strong or loud) gets an extra "e" at the end to agree with it, becoming forte.

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