Breakdown of Bien qu'il ait beaucoup d'endurance, la falaise est dangereuse.
être
to be
il
he
avoir
to have
beaucoup de
a lot of / many
dangereux
dangerous
bien que
although
la falaise
the cliff
l'endurance
the endurance (f)
Questions & Answers about Bien qu'il ait beaucoup d'endurance, la falaise est dangereuse.
Why does this sentence use ait instead of a?
The phrase bien que (although) introduces a contrast or concession. In French, this conjunction always requires the following verb to be in the subjunctive mood. Here, ait is the subjunctive form of avoir (to have) for il.
Could I use quoique here instead of bien que?
Yes! Bien que and quoique both mean "although" or "even though," and both require the subjunctive. You could perfectly write Quoiqu'il ait beaucoup d'endurance... with no change in meaning.
Why is it beaucoup d'endurance rather than beaucoup de l'endurance?
Why does the adjective dangereuse end in -euse?
It has to match the gender of la falaise (the cliff), which is feminine. Adjectives that end in -eux in their masculine form, like dangereux, change to -euse when describing a feminine noun.
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