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La typographie est floue et pâle.

La typographie est floue et pâle.
The typography is blurry and pale.
From Lesson 336:Restrictive negation (ne... guère)·French

Breakdown of La typographie est floue et pâle.

être
to be
et
and
la typographie
the typography
flou
blurry
pâle
pale

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?
Native speakers frequently use flou figuratively to mean 'vague' or 'unclear' when talking about ideas, plans, or memories. For example, you might say C'est un peu flou to mean 'It is a bit up in the air' or 'It is a bit vague'.

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