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La créativité et l'empathie sont moralement nécessaires.

La créativité et l'empathie sont moralement nécessaires.
Creativity and empathy are morally necessary.
From Lesson 368:Condition and extent (dans la mesure où)·French

Breakdown of La créativité et l'empathie sont moralement nécessaires.

être
to be
et
and
nécessaire
necessary
la créativité
the creativity
l'empathie
the empathy (f)
moralement
morally

Questions & Answers about La créativité et l'empathie sont moralement nécessaires.

Why do we need La and l' before créativité and empathie when the English translation leaves them out?
In French, abstract nouns and general concepts (like creativity, empathy, love, and life) almost always require a definite article (le, la, l', or les). English typically omits the article in these general statements.
How can I remember the gender of a word like créativité?
Most French nouns ending in -té are feminine. This is especially true for abstract qualities that translate to English words ending in -ty. Other common examples include la beauté (beauty) and la liberté (freedom).
How is the adverb moralement formed?
In French, adverbs ending in -ment are usually formed by taking the feminine singular form of the adjective and adding -ment. The masculine adjective is moral, its feminine form is morale, which gives us the adverb moralement.
Both créativité and empathie are feminine. Why doesn't nécessaires have an extra e to show feminine agreement?
The base adjective is nécessaire, which already ends in an e in its masculine form. Because of this, it doesn't change spelling in the feminine singular. To make it plural to agree with the two subjects, you simply add an s, resulting in nécessaires for both masculine and feminine plural.

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