Breakdown of L’assureur évalue la responsabilité puis indemnise l’assuré.
Questions & Answers about L’assureur évalue la responsabilité puis indemnise l’assuré.
Because French uses elision: le or la becomes l’ before a vowel sound.
So:
- le assureur → l’assureur
- le assuré → l’assuré
This is done for smoother pronunciation.
A useful thing to notice here is that l’ can mean either le or la. In this sentence:
- l’assureur = the insurer
- l’assuré = the insured person / policyholder
You cannot tell from l’ alone whether the original article was masculine or feminine; you learn that from the noun itself. Here, both nouns are masculine.