Breakdown of Le règlement de copropriété est dans le hall.
être
to be
dans
in
la salle
the hall
le règlement de copropriété
the rules governing a jointly owned building
Questions & Answers about Le règlement de copropriété est dans le hall.
Why is there le at the beginning?
What exactly is règlement de copropriété?
Why is it de copropriété and not de la copropriété?
Here de is linking two nouns to make a standard expression: règlement de copropriété.
In French, when one noun classifies another, the second noun often appears without an article after de.
Similar patterns:
- salle de bain
- carte de crédit
- règlement de copropriété
If you said le règlement de la copropriété, that would sound more like the rules of the specific condo/co-ownership. That can exist in context, but règlement de copropriété is the standard name of the document.
Is copropriété feminine? If it is, why can’t I see that here?
Can règlement mean other things in French?
Why does the sentence use est dans?
Why is it dans le hall and not dans l’hall?
Is hall really used in French?
How is the sentence pronounced?
A rough English-style guide is:
luh reg-luh-mahn duh ko-pro-pree-ay-tay eh dahn luh awl
A few helpful points:
- règlement ends with a nasal sound in -ment
- est sounds like eh
- dans has a nasal vowel too
- hall is roughly awl
- the final t in est is silent here
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