La glace fond au soleil.

the sun

Breakdown of La glace fond au soleil.

• fondre: to melt
• la glace: the ice cream
• au: in the

Questions & Answers about La glace fond au soleil.

Why is it la glace and not le glace?

In French every noun has a gender: masculine or feminine. The noun glace (ice) is feminine, so it always takes the feminine singular definite article la.

Can la glace mean both ice and ice cream?

Yes. The same word glace covers both:

• la glace = ice (frozen water)
• une glace = an ice cream (when you order a flavor)
  Context usually tells you which one. If you want to be extra clear for ice cream, specify a flavor (e.g. une glace à la fraise).

What is fond in this sentence?

Fond is the present tense, third person singular (il/elle/on) of the verb fondre (“to melt”). You drop -re from fondre to get the stem fond, then for il/elle/on you add no extra ending.

Why is there no -e on fond?