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Mon intuition me dit que ce chemin est un cul-de-sac.

Mon intuition me dit que ce chemin est un cul-de-sac.
My intuition tells me that this path is a dead end.
From Lesson 370:Ultimate outcomes (finir par)·French

Questions & Answers about Mon intuition me dit que ce chemin est un cul-de-sac.

Why is it mon intuition if intuition is a feminine word?
Even though intuition is feminine, it starts with a vowel sound. To avoid the awkward pronunciation of ma intuition (two vowels clashing), French uses the masculine possessive adjective mon to make the words link smoothly.
Where does the term cul-de-sac come from?
It literally means bottom of the bag (cul being a familiar word for bottom or buttocks, de meaning of, and sac meaning bag). Both French and English use it to mean a dead end. If you ever need to make it plural, you add an s to the first word: culs-de-sac.
Could I use sentir instead of me dit que to express having a feeling about something?
Yes, you could say Je sens que ce chemin est un cul-de-sac (I feel that this path is a dead end). However, personifying your intuition by saying Mon intuition me dit que... is a very natural and common idiom in French, just as it is in English.
How would I apply this lesson's grammar to say that the path will end up being a dead end?
You would replace the verb est with the construction finir par (to end up doing or being) plus an infinitive. Using the future tense, the phrase becomes ce chemin finira par ètre un cul-de-sac (this path will end up being a dead end).

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