Breakdown of La stratégie dépend du hasard.
dépendre
to depend
la stratégie
the strategy
le hasard
chance or randomness
Elon.io is an online learning platform
We have an entire course teaching French grammar and vocabulary.
Questions & Answers about La stratégie dépend du hasard.
Why is it la stratégie and not le stratégie?
Because stratégie is a feminine singular noun in French, so it takes la.
- la stratégie = the strategy
- les stratégies = the strategies
Like all French nouns, stratégie has grammatical gender, and that gender does not always match anything logical in English. You simply learn the noun together with its article.
A useful pattern: many nouns ending in -ie are feminine, and stratégie is one of them.
Why does French say dépend de when English says depends on?
Because the French verb is dépendre de. French and English often use different prepositions with the same idea.
So:
- dépendre de quelque chose = to depend on something
- Ça dépend de toi. = That depends on you.
- Tout dépend de la situation. = Everything depends on the situation.
It is best to learn dépendre de as one unit, not to translate the preposition word for word.
Why is it du hasard and not de hasard?