L'article médical est intéressant.

to be

Breakdown of L'article médical est intéressant.

• intéressant: interesting
• l'article: the article
• médical: medical

Questions & Answers about L'article médical est intéressant.

Why is L’ used instead of Le before article?

In French, le (the masculine singular definite article) drops its e and becomes l’ when the following word starts with a vowel or mute h. This process is called elision and it avoids a vowel-to-vowel clash. Since article begins with a, you write L’article rather than Le article.

Why is the adjective médical not médicale?

Adjectives in French agree in gender and number with the noun they modify.
• Article is masculine singular, so its adjective must also be masculine singular.
• The masculine form of the adjective is médical; the feminine would be médicale.
Hence l’article médical.

Why does the adjective médical come before the noun in English (“medical article”) but after the noun in French?

Word order for adjectives differs between English and French:
• In English, most adjectives precede the noun.
• In French, the neutral position for adjectives is after the noun.
Only a handful of very common adjectives (like beau, grand, petit, jeune) typically come before the noun. Médical is not one of those, so it follows the noun: l’article médical.