Learn French: La droite de la rue est jolie. - The right of the street is pretty.

La droite de la rue est jolie.

The right of the street is pretty.

Breakdown of La droite de la rue est jolie.

the right (side); the right wing

Questions & Answers about La droite de la rue est jolie.

I've learned "à droite" for "on the right". Why is it "la droite" here?

You usually see droite used with à to give directions, like à droite (to the right). Here, it is used as a noun, la droite, which means "the right side".

Why is it de la rue and not du rue?

The word for street, rue, is feminine (la rue). When you want to say "of the" before a feminine noun, you just keep de la. You only squish the words together into du if the noun is masculine (de + le = du).

Why does jolie have an extra "e" at the end?

In French, adjectives have to match the gender of the noun they describe. The subject of this sentence is la droite (the right side), which is feminine. Because of this, the describing word joli (pretty) gets an extra e added to the end to become feminine: jolie.

How does this fit into answering où (where) questions?

While this sentence describes a place rather than giving directions, words like droite (right) and gauche (left) are key to answering où questions. If someone asked Où est la jolie rue ? (Where is the pretty street?), you would use the direction form: C'est à droite (It is on the right).