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Je veux faire une croisière, laquelle est la moins chère ?

Je veux faire une croisière, laquelle est la moins chère ?
I want to do a cruise, which one is the least expensive?
From Lesson 263:The pronoun which one (lequel)·French

Questions & Answers about Je veux faire une croisière, laquelle est la moins chère ?

Why do we use laquelle here instead of lequel?
Laquelle means "which one" and stands in for a noun to avoid repeating it. Because it replaces une croisière (a cruise), which is feminine singular, we must use the feminine singular form laquelle. If you were talking about a masculine noun like un voyage (a trip), you would use lequel.
Could I just use quelle instead of laquelle?
No, because quel and quelle are adjectives meaning "which", and they must be placed directly next to a noun, as in quelle croisière (which cruise). Since we dropped the noun to say "which one", we have to use the pronoun laquelle.
Why is it la moins chère and not just le moins cher?
When forming the superlative ("the least" or "the most"), the definite article and the adjective must agree in gender and number with the noun they describe. Because the sentence is still talking about une croisière, both the article (la) and the adjective (chère) take their feminine forms.
Why do we use the verb faire with une croisière?
In French, the verb faire (to do or to make) is the standard verb used for many activities and trips. While in English you "go on" or "take" a cruise, the natural phrasing in French is faire une croisière (literally "to do a cruise").

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