Learn Hardcore French: J’adore aller à la piscine quand il fait chaud. - I love going to the swimming pool when it’s hot.

It means I love going to the pool when it’s warm/hot. Specifically, J’adore translates to I love, aller means to go, à la piscine means to the pool, and quand il fait chaud means when it’s warm/hot. This sentence expresses a preference for visiting the pool during warm weather.

Why is J’adore written with an apostrophe instead of Je adore?

In French, when the subject pronoun je is followed by a word beginning with a vowel, the final vowel of je is dropped and replaced by an apostrophe for smoother pronunciation. This process, known as elision, transforms je adore into j’adore.

Why is aller in its infinitive form after J’adore?

Verbs like adorer (to love) are typically followed by an infinitive to indicate the action that is enjoyed. In this case, aller (to go) is left in its infinitive form because it describes the activity that the speaker loves, similar to how in English we say I love to go.

What does the phrase à la piscine indicate, and why is it written as à la?

À la piscine means to the pool. The preposition à denotes direction or location, and piscine is a feminine noun, so it is paired with the feminine definite article la. Thus, à la is simply the combination that correctly expresses "to the" for a feminine noun in French.

How does the expression quand il fait chaud work in terms of structure and meaning?

Quand means when, and il fait chaud is a common impersonal expression used to describe the weather, literally translating to it makes warm but meaning it is warm/hot. The structure uses the impersonal il to talk about the weather—a typical construction in French—resulting in the clause when it’s warm/hot.