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Le policier travaille dans la rue.

Le policier travaille dans la rue.
The police officer works in the street.
From Lesson 32:The preposition to/at (à, au, aux)·French

Breakdown of Le policier travaille dans la rue.

la rue
the street
travailler
to work
le policier
the police officer

Questions & Answers about Le policier travaille dans la rue.

Why do we use dans la rue instead of à la rue if the current lesson is about à?
While the preposition à often means 'at' or 'in' for locations, French typically uses dans (inside) for streets. You say dans la rue because you are seen as being physically within the borders of the street. Plus, the phrase à la rue has a completely different meaning: it means to be homeless!
How do I know it is la rue and not le rue?
The word rue (street) is a feminine noun in French, so it must use the feminine article la. A helpful beginner tip is that most French nouns ending in -ue are feminine.
What is the dictionary form of travaille, and why does it end in just -e here?
The dictionary form (infinitive) is travailler (to work). Because the subject Le policier is a third-person singular noun (equivalent to 'he' or il), we drop the -er and add the standard 'he/she/it' ending, which is -e.
If the police officer were a woman, how would this sentence change?
You would change the masculine Le policier to the feminine form, La policière. The rest of the sentence, including the verb travaille, would stay exactly the same.

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