Breakdown of Le fabricant peint la marionnette à la barbe blanche.
le
him, it (masculine direct object pronoun)
la
her, it (feminine direct object pronoun)
peindre
to paint
blanc
white
Questions & Answers about Le fabricant peint la marionnette à la barbe blanche.
Why does the sentence use à la barbe blanche instead of avec une barbe blanche?
In French, when describing a distinct physical characteristic, feature, or accessory of a person or object, you use the preposition à followed by the definite article (le, la, l', or les). Therefore, "the puppet with the white beard" becomes la marionnette à la barbe blanche. If you used avec, it would sound more like the puppet is simply holding or accompanied by a beard.
If we wanted to say the puppet was made of wood, would we still use à?
Does fabricant mean someone who makes fabric?
Why does the verb peint end in t? Doesn't the infinitive peindre have a d?