Questions & Answers about Tu es une fille.
Why is it une fille and not un fille?
In French, every noun has a gender (masculine or feminine). Fille is a feminine noun, so it must use the feminine word for "a" or "an", which is une. If the noun were masculine, like garçon (boy), you would use un. How do you pronounce the double L in fille?
The -ille ending in fille makes a "y" sound in English (like the first sound in "yes"). You don't pronounce an "L" sound at all. The whole word sounds somewhat like "fee-y". Why is es used here instead of est?
Both es and est are forms of the verb être (to be), but they must match the person doing the action. You always use es with tu (tu es = you are). You only use est with il, elle, or on (elle est = she is). Can une fille mean something other than "a girl"?
Yes! Depending on the context, une fille can also mean "a daughter". If you are talking about family, a French speaker might say tu es une fille to mean "you are a daughter". Learn Tu es une fille and more in French
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