Word
Le paysage est brut, sans arbre ni fleur.
Meaning
The landscape is raw, without trees or flowers.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Le paysage est brut, sans arbre ni fleur.
être
to be
l'arbre
the tree (m)
la fleur
the flower
sans
without
Questions & Answers about Le paysage est brut, sans arbre ni fleur.
Why use ni here instead of ou (or)?
Why are there no articles before arbre and fleur?
The English translation says 'trees or flowers', so why are arbre and fleur singular in French?
Could I use brut to talk about raw food, like raw meat?
No, for uncooked food you would use cru. brut means raw in the sense of being natural, unrefined, or rugged, which perfectly describes this untouched landscape.