le festival

Usages of le festival

C’est le premier festival où Marie travaille comme bénévole dans une petite association.
It is the first festival where Marie works as a volunteer in a small association.
Le samedi où le festival commence, le village est plein de musique et de couleurs.
On the Saturday when the festival begins, the village is full of music and colors.
Dans la brochure, on trouve aussi un plan du quartier et les horaires de chaque spectacle du festival.
In the brochure, you also find a map of the neighborhood and the timetable of each festival show.
Pour remercier les bénévoles, l’organisatrice choisit une bénévole comme invitée d’honneur du festival.
To thank the volunteers, the organizer chooses one volunteer as the guest of honor of the festival.
Paul est l'invité principal du festival.
Paul is the main guest of the festival.
La faculté de lettres organise un festival de littérature.
The humanities faculty organizes a literature festival.

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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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