Le camion de la police bloque une sortie de l’autoroute à cause d’un accident.

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Breakdown of Le camion de la police bloque une sortie de l’autoroute à cause d’un accident.

• l'accident: the accident
• à cause de: because of
• le camion: the truck

Questions & Answers about Le camion de la police bloque une sortie de l’autoroute à cause d’un accident.

Why is it Le camion and not La camion?

In French, every noun has a grammatical gender. Camion (meaning “truck”) is a masculine noun, so it must be preceded by the masculine definite article Le rather than the feminine La.

What’s the difference between un camion de police and le camion de la police?

Un camion de police (no article before police) describes the type of vehicle – “a police truck” in general.
Le camion de la police uses de la to show possession or a specific relationship: “the truck belonging to the police.” Here you’re talking about one particular truck that the police own or use.

Why is it une sortie de l’autoroute and not une sortie sur l’autoroute?

Sortie means “exit,” and you exit from something, so you use de. Therefore sortie de l’autoroute means “exit from the highway.” Using sur (“on”) would imply you are exiting on the highway, which doesn’t make sense in French for this context.

Why is l’autoroute written with l’ instead of la autoroute?