Learn French: Le yoga améliore la souplesse et renforce la posture. - Yoga improves flexibility and strengthens posture.

Although yoga starts with a vowel sound in English, the French letter y in this borrowed word acts like an aspirated h. This means you cannot use elision (dropping the vowel) or liaison. It must always be le yoga, never l'yoga.

How could we connect this sentence to the current lesson's grammar, à condition de?

To say Yoga improves flexibility provided you practice it, you can use à condition de followed by an infinitive. Because it is a general statement, you could say: Le yoga améliore la souplesse à condition de le pratiquer. You use de + infinitive here instead of que + subjunctive because the implied subject remains consistent.

Why are definite articles (le, la) used here when the English translation has none?

In French, definite articles are mandatory when referring to abstract nouns, general concepts, or categories. Since the sentence talks about yoga, flexibility, and posture in a broad, general sense, le and la are absolutely required.

Is there anything tricky about conjugating the verb renforcer?