Le syndic convoque l’assemblée générale.

In this kind of sentence, le syndic usually means the building manager, property manager, or co-owners’ trustee/representative in a condominium or shared building context.

So it is not just any manager. It is a fairly specific administrative role, especially in housing and property management.

Because assemblée starts with a vowel sound, la becomes l’.

This is called elision in French. It happens very often with le and la before a vowel or silent h:

• la école → l’école
• le ami → l’ami
• la assemblée → l’assemblée

So l’assemblée still means the assembly/meeting; the article is just shortened for pronunciation.

Because générale is an adjective describing assemblée, and it must agree with the noun.

• assemblée is feminine singular
• so the adjective must also be feminine singular
• therefore: générale

Compare:

• un accord général = a general agreement
• une assemblée générale = a general meeting

In French, most adjectives come after the noun, and général/générale often does in this type of expression.

So:

• une assemblée générale
• literally: an assembly general
• natural English: a general meeting

This is normal French word order.

Convoque comes from the verb convoquer.

It usually means something like:

• to convene
• to call
• to summon
• to call together officially

It is more formal than a casual verb like inviter (to invite).
So convoquer une assemblée générale means to officially call or convene a general meeting.

Because convoquer takes a direct object in French.

So French says:

• convoquer l’assemblée générale

not:

• convoquer à l’assemblée générale

A native English speaker may expect a preposition because English sometimes says call people to a meeting, but here the structure is more like:

• to convene the general meeting

So l’assemblée générale is the direct object of convoque.

It is the present tense, third person singular, of convoquer.

Conjugation:

• je convoque
• tu convoques
• il / elle / on convoque
• nous convoquons
• vous convoquez
• ils / elles convoquent

In this sentence, Le syndic convoque... means:

• The manager convenes...
• The manager is convening...
• sometimes, depending on context, The manager convenes/calls the meeting

French present tense can match several English present-time uses.

A simple pronunciation guide is:

luh san-deek kon-vok lah-som-blay zhay-nay-ral

A more precise IPA version is:

lə sɛ̃dik kɔ̃vɔk lasɑ̃ble ʒeneʁal

A few useful notes:

• syndic has a nasal vowel in the first syllable
• convoque ends with a pronounced k sound
• l’assemblée links smoothly after convoque
• générale has the soft j sound, like the s in measure

Yes, very much so.

Assemblée générale is a standard expression for an official general meeting, often of:

• a company
• an association
• co-owners in a building
• shareholders
• members of an organization

So learners should treat assemblée générale as a common set phrase, not just a random noun + adjective combination.

Le is the masculine singular definite article, meaning the.

It shows that we are talking about a specific, identifiable syndic:

• Le syndic = the manager/trustee
• Un syndic = a manager/trustee

So the sentence is referring to a particular person or role already known in the context.

Yes, if the context is already clear.

For example:

• Le syndic convoque l’assemblée générale.
• Il convoque l’assemblée générale.

The second sentence means He is convening the general meeting or He convenes the general meeting, but only works if everyone already knows who he is.

So le syndic names the person/role, while il just refers back to that person.