Learn French: La typographie est floue et pâle. - The typography is blurry and pale.

La typographie est floue et pâle.

The typography is blurry and pale.

Breakdown of La typographie est floue et pâle.

Questions & Answers about La typographie est floue et pâle.

How could we rewrite this sentence to say 'The typography is hardly blurry' using the grammar from the current lesson?

You would wrap the conjugated verb est with ne and guère, just like standard negation. Because est starts with a vowel, ne contracts to n', giving us: La typographie n'est guère floue.

Why does floue have an extra 'e' at the end, while pâle doesn't seem to have one added?

Both adjectives must agree with the feminine singular noun la typographie. The masculine form of 'blurry' is flou, so it needs an e added to become the feminine floue. The adjective pâle already ends in an e in its masculine form, so its spelling doesn't change for the feminine.

Does adding the feminine 'e' to flou change how the word is pronounced?

No, the masculine flou and the feminine floue are pronounced exactly the same. The added e is purely grammatical for written agreement.

Besides referring to physical images or text, how else is the word flou commonly used in French?