Le client reçoit la facture rectificative.

to receive

Breakdown of Le client reçoit la facture rectificative.

• le client: the customer
• la facture rectificative: the corrected bill

Questions & Answers about Le client reçoit la facture rectificative.

Why is it le client and not just client?

In French, you usually need an article before a singular countable noun.

• le client = the customer/client
• just client by itself would usually sound incomplete in a full sentence

So French often uses articles more consistently than English does.

Why is it le for client and la for facture?

Because French nouns have grammatical gender:

• client is masculine, so it takes le
• facture is feminine, so it takes la

This does not necessarily mean the thing itself is masculine or feminine in any logical sense; it is simply part of the noun’s grammar and must be learned with the word.

What does reçoit mean grammatically?

reçoit is the 3rd person singular present tense form of the verb recevoir (to receive).

Here is the relevant part of the conjugation:

• je reçois = I receive
• tu reçois = you receive
• il/elle/on reçoit = he/she/one receives

Since le client is singular and works like he/it grammatically, French uses reçoit.