Learn French: L'automne est une belle saison. - Autumn is a beautiful season.

L'automne est une belle saison.

Autumn is a beautiful season.

Breakdown of L'automne est une belle saison.

the autumn, the fall (m)

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Questions & Answers about L'automne est une belle saison.

Why is it une belle saison if automne is masculine?

The noun saison (season) is feminine, so the adjective describing it must be the feminine belle and it takes the feminine article une. The gender of saison does not change just because the subject of the sentence, automne, is masculine.

Why does belle come before saison?

While most French adjectives come after the noun, belle is an exception. Remember the BANGS rule: adjectives describing Beauty, Age, Number, Goodness, and Size go before the noun. Because belle describes Beauty, it goes before saison.

Is the letter M in automne pronounced?

No, the M in automne is silent. You pronounce it simply as oh-ton. In French, the letter combination MN is usually just pronounced as an N sound.

How would I add tout to say 'all autumn' like we are learning in this lesson?

Since automne is masculine singular, you use the masculine singular form tout followed by the definite article. So 'all autumn' or 'the whole autumn' would be tout l'automne.