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Le chien est noir aussi.

Le chien est noir aussi.
The dog is also black.
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Breakdown of Le chien est noir aussi.

être
to be
le chien
the dog
noir
black
aussi
also

Questions & Answers about Le chien est noir aussi.

Why does the sentence use le chien instead of un chien?
In French, le chien (the dog) implies that a specific dog or a previously mentioned dog is being referred to. If you said un chien (a dog), it would mean any dog in general.
Why is the verb est used here, and what does it correspond to?
est is the third-person singular form of the verb être (to be). It corresponds to he is, she is, or it is in English. Since le chien is a masculine singular noun, we use est to say the dog is.
Why does noir also appear in its masculine form?
In French, adjectives usually agree in gender and number with the noun they modify. Chien is masculine singular, so the adjective remains in its masculine singular form noir.
How does the word aussi function in this sentence?
aussi means also or too in French. With Le chien est noir aussi, it emphasizes that the dog is black as well, possibly in addition to another person or thing being black or having some other characteristic mentioned earlier.
Can the position of aussi change, and does it affect the meaning?
Yes, aussi can sometimes appear at different places in the sentence, but you must be careful with the meaning. For example, Le chien aussi est noir can shift the emphasis to the dog, as in The dog, too, is black, suggesting you already know something else is black. In Le chien est noir aussi, the emphasis is more on adding the color black as another characteristic. Both are grammatically correct but subtly different in focus.
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“How does grammatical gender work in French?”
Every French noun is either masculine or feminine, and this affects the articles and adjectives used with it. "Le" is used with masculine nouns and "la" with feminine ones. Adjectives also change form to match — for example, "petit" (masc.) becomes "petite" (fem.).

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