La comptable de l’entreprise dit que les frais sont compris dans le prix.

Comptable means accountant and can be either masculine or feminine. The article shows the gender:

• le comptable = the male accountant
• la comptable = the female accountant

Unlike some French nouns, the word itself does not change form here; only the article changes.

De l’entreprise means of the company or from the company, depending on context. Here it means the company’s.

French uses de + le/la/l’/les with nouns. Before a vowel sound, la becomes l’:

• la entreprise → not possible
• l’entreprise = the company

So:

• de l’entreprise = of the company

This happens because entreprise begins with a vowel sound.

French usually expresses possession with de rather than with an apostrophe ’s.

So:

• la comptable de l’entreprise = the company’s accountant

This structure is extremely common in French:

• le directeur de l’école = the school’s principal/director
• la voiture de mon frère = my brother’s car

Que here means that and introduces a subordinate clause:

• dit que... = says that...

So the sentence structure is:

• La comptable de l’entreprise dit = The company’s accountant says
• que les frais sont compris dans le prix = that the fees are included in the price

In English, that is often optional. In French, que is normally required.

Because the subject is la comptable, which is third person singular: she.

The verb is dire = to say. In the present tense:

• je dis = I say
• tu dis = you say
• il/elle dit = he/she says
• nous disons = we say
• vous dites = you say
• ils/elles disent = they say

So la comptable dit = the accountant says.

Frais is usually used in the plural when it means fees, expenses, or charges.

So:

• les frais = the fees / the expenses / the charges

Even if English might sometimes use a singular idea like cost, French commonly uses the plural noun frais.

Examples:

• les frais de transport = transport costs
• les frais d’inscription = registration fees

In sont compris, compris is a past participle used like an adjective after être. It agrees with les frais, which is masculine plural.

Agreement forms:

• compris = masculine singular
• comprise = feminine singular
• compris = masculine plural
• comprises = feminine plural

Since frais is masculine plural, French uses compris.

Literally, it means are included.

This is based on:

• être = to be
• compris = included

So:

• les frais sont compris dans le prix = the fees are included in the price

It works much like English are included.

Yes. Compris and inclus can both mean included here.

• les frais sont compris dans le prix
• les frais sont inclus dans le prix

Both are natural. Compris is especially common in expressions like taxes comprises or service compris.

Dans le prix is the normal French expression for included in the price.

• dans = in
• le prix = the price

So the idea is that the fees are already part of the total price. This is the standard wording.

They are related but not the same:

• le prix = the price, the amount charged overall
• les frais = fees, charges, expenses, extra costs

In this sentence, the accountant is saying those fees are already part of the price, not added separately.

Because compris is not a noun here. It is functioning as a past participle/adjective after the verb être.

Compare:

• les frais sont compris = the fees are included
• un compris would not make sense here

So no article is needed.

The apostrophe shows that la has been shortened to l’ before a vowel:

• la entreprise → l’entreprise

In speech, you do not pronounce the missing a separately. You move smoothly from l’ into entreprise.

So it sounds like one linked unit: l’entreprise.

Mostly yes. The structure is:

• La comptable de l’entreprise = The company’s accountant
• dit = says
• que = that
• les frais = the fees
• sont compris = are included
• dans le prix = in the price

So the overall order is quite close to English: The company’s accountant says that the fees are included in the price.

Yes. Depending on context, comptable can refer to:

• an accountant
• something related to accounting

For example:

• service comptable = accounting department
• documents comptables = accounting documents

In this sentence, la comptable clearly means the accountant.