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Il y a une fuite dans la cuisine.

Il y a une fuite dans la cuisine.
There is a leak in the kitchen.
From Lesson 158:The causative construction (faire)·French

Questions & Answers about Il y a une fuite dans la cuisine.

Wait, this sentence doesn't use the causative faire. How would I follow it up by saying "I need to have it fixed"?
You would use faire + infinitive! To say "I need to have it fixed", you would say Je dois la faire réparer or Il faut la faire réparer. The direct object pronoun la (referring to la fuite) is placed right before faire.
The noun for "a leak" is une fuite. How do I say "to leak"?
The verb is fuir. To say "The pipe is leaking", you would say Le tuyau fuit. Interestingly, fuir also means "to flee" or "to escape" — which makes perfect sense when you think about water escaping a pipe!
Could I say à la cuisine instead of dans la cuisine?
Dans la cuisine is the best choice here because you are talking about the physical, enclosed space of the room where the leak is located. While you might occasionally hear à la cuisine, dans is much more standard and natural in modern French for rooms of a house.
Is the ui in fuite pronounced like the English word "wheat"?
Not quite! The French ui sound doesn't exist in English. To make it, round your lips tightly as if you are going to say the French u (like in tu), and then quickly transition into an "ee" sound. It's the exact same vowel sound found in huit (eight) and nuit (night).

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