Breakdown of Le balcon le plus large offre la vue la plus magnifique.
plus
more
magnifique
magnificent
offrir
to offer / to give (as a gift)
le balcon
the balcony
large
wide
la vue
the view
Questions & Answers about Le balcon le plus large offre la vue la plus magnifique.
Why is the article used twice in both Le balcon le plus large and la vue la plus magnifique?
When a superlative comes after the noun it describes, French requires you to repeat the definite article (le, la, or les). A literal translation is "The balcony the most wide". This rule applies to both masculine (le balcon le...) and feminine (la vue la...) nouns.
Doesn't the French word large just mean "large" or "big"?
Large is a classic false friend! It actually means "wide" or "broad". If you want to say a balcony is "big" or "large" in size, you would use the adjective grand instead.
How do I know whether to use le plus or la plus?
The superlative must agree with the gender and number of the noun it describes. Balcon is masculine singular, so it uses le plus. Vue (view) is feminine singular, so it uses la plus.
Could the superlatives go before the noun, like le plus large balcon?
Not in this case. The superlative phrase goes in the same place the regular adjective would go. Since large and magnifique both naturally come after the noun in French, their superlative forms must come after the noun too. If you used an adjective that naturally comes before the noun (like grand), it would be le plus grand balcon.
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