Le bébé dort dans la poussette pendant que nous regardons les jouets.

The baby sleeps in the stroller while we look at the toys.

Breakdown of Le bébé dort dans la poussette pendant que nous regardons les jouets.

• nous: we
• dans: in
• pendant que: while
• dormir: to sleep

Questions & Answers about Le bébé dort dans la poussette pendant que nous regardons les jouets.

Why is it Le bébé and not just bébé?

In French, nouns usually need an article much more often than in English. So le bébé is the normal way to say the baby.

• le = the for a masculine singular noun
• bébé = baby

If you wanted to say a baby, you would use un bébé instead.

Why is bébé masculine here?

French nouns have grammatical gender, and bébé is usually treated as masculine by default, especially when the baby’s sex is unknown or irrelevant.

So:

• le bébé = the baby
• un bébé = a baby

If you specifically wanted to refer to a baby girl in another way, you might use a different noun such as la petite fille, but bébé itself is commonly masculine in grammar.

What form is dort?