Breakdown of Le match aura lieu dimanche.
le match
the match / the game
le dimanche
the Sunday
avoir lieu
to take place
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Questions & Answers about Le match aura lieu dimanche.
Why does this sentence use "aura lieu" to mean "will take place"?
The expression avoir lieu literally translates to "to have place," but it is the standard French idiom for an event taking place or happening. Because the match is in the future, the verb avoir is conjugated in the futur simple as aura.
What is the future stem used to form "aura"?
Aura is the futur simple form of avoir (to have) for the third-person singular. Avoir has an irregular future stem, which is aur-. To this stem, you just add the standard future ending -a.
Why isn't there a French word for "on" before "dimanche"?
If the match took place every Sunday, how would the sentence change?
To talk about a recurring event on a specific day of the week, you add the definite article le before the day. So, "every Sunday" or "on Sundays" translates to le dimanche.