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La maison a un mur blanc.

La maison a un mur blanc.
The house has a white wall.
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Breakdown of La maison a un mur blanc.

avoir
to have
la maison
the house
blanc
white
le mur
the wall

Questions & Answers about La maison a un mur blanc.

Why do we say La maison instead of Le maison?
In French, the word maison (house) is a feminine noun, so we use the feminine article la instead of the masculine le.
Why does the adjective blanc come after mur rather than before it?
In French, most adjectives (especially color adjectives like blanc) typically follow the noun they modify, so we say un mur blanc rather than un blanc mur.
Why is it blanc and not blanche?
Because mur is a masculine noun in French. Adjectives must agree with the gender and number of the nouns they describe, so we use the masculine form blanc instead of the feminine blanche.
Why is the indefinite article un used here?
Since mur is a singular, countable masculine noun, we use the masculine singular indefinite article un. If it were plural, for example, it would be des murs blancs (some white walls).
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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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