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La marche est bonne pour la santé.

La marche est bonne pour la santé.
Walking is good for your health.
From Lesson 244:Jobs, school and sport·French

Breakdown of La marche est bonne pour la santé.

être
to be
pour
for
bon
good
la santé
the health
la marche
walking, the walk

Questions & Answers about La marche est bonne pour la santé.

Why does the French sentence use La marche instead of a verb like marcher for "walking"?
In French, you can use the infinitive verb (Marcher) as a subject, but it is very common and natural to use the specific noun form if one exists. La marche is the noun for "walking" or "the walk". Also, notice that French requires the definite article (la) when talking about general concepts.
Could I say Marcher est bon pour la santé instead?
Yes, you absolutely can! Using the infinitive Marcher as the subject works perfectly well to mean "walking". Notice that if you use the verb Marcher, the adjective takes the default masculine form bon instead of the feminine bonne.
Why is it la santé (the health) instead of votre santé (your health)?
In English, we often use possessive words like "your" to talk about people in general. French prefers to use the definite article (la, le, les) for general truths, abstract concepts, and body parts. So la santé just refers to health in a universal sense.
Why is the adjective bonne instead of bon?
In French, adjectives must agree in gender with the noun they describe. Because the subject of the sentence, la marche, is a feminine noun, the adjective must also be in its feminine form, bonne.

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