Breakdown of Nous étudions une caractéristique telle que la culture.
une
a / an (feminine)
nous
we / us (object pronoun)
étudier
to study
le
him, it (masculine direct object pronoun)
la caractéristique
the characteristic
tel que
such as (tel que, telle que, tels que, telles que)
la culture
the culture
Questions & Answers about Nous étudions une caractéristique telle que la culture.
Why is it telle que instead of tel que?
The phrase tel que (such as) must agree in gender and number with the noun it refers back to, which is the category being given an example of. Here, it refers to une caractéristique, which is feminine singular, so it becomes telle que. Notice that it agrees with the noun before it, not the noun that follows it.
Why do we say la culture with an article when English just says "such as culture"?
In English, we usually drop the article for general concepts. In French, abstract nouns and broad categories almost always require a definite article (le, la, or les). Therefore, general "culture" must be translated as la culture.
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