"The cat is an animal."

Translation: Le chat est un animal.

[hirsh39]

what is incorrect about "le chatte est un animal"? should it be "la chatte"?

[asamiraevyn]

"Chatte" is a female cat. "Chat" is a masculine cat. "Le" is used for masculine nouns, right? So "le chatte" is wrong because we're talking about a feminine cat but the article is for a masculine noun.

[cyrillc]

Thank you!

[nabl83]

yes )

[PlatypusPerson]

If I refer to the cat as female- "la chatte" -shouldn't I say "une animal" instead of "un animal" since "une" is feminine?

[Rewm]

no, the word "animal" can be grammatically only masculine

[PlatypusPerson]

D'accord, merci!

[TheRealWei]

"Le chat est un animal" is this a general term?
Could I say "La chatte est un animal" instead? Thank you
: )

[Rewm]

masculine version is usually more generic

[TheRealWei]

Yep, I think you're right, merci beaucoup :D

[robang74]

Why "Le chat est un animaux" is wrong but "Le chat est un animal" is correct? Aren't equivalent the two?

[TheRealWei]

because animaux is plural form

[carolcairns4]

Why would L'chat est un animal be incorrect?

[TheRealWei]

Le chat. You can't conjugate them together, because c is not a vowel.

[CinziaCaul]

"Le chat est un animal" isn't correct but …the correct sentence is " Le chat est un animal " I cannot see any difference!

[GertjanNL]

If it is the multiple choice question, one says un and the other says une. They use different articles. Animal is masculin so you have to use un.

[OluchiNweke]

chatte is female make questiions more clear b x

[MariaYerena0111]

how do we go to the next lesson if it keeps saying incorrect

[Kat4moon]

humans -- including men (hommes) -- are also animals . . . non?

[_LokiOfAsgard_]

it said i was wrong but i am right whats wrong?

[Arancaytar]

I like how one of the suggestions is "the cat is a horse".

[Sarkar20]

Chatte is a female cat.

[Shelby210257]

The translation is "Le chat" and i wrote "L'chat" and got it wrong. What's the difference between Le and L'? Does it mean that it's plural?

[Kiribao]

For me appears two choices that could be correct: "Le chat est un animal" and the "La chatte est un animal". But as in the english sentence I can't determine whats is the sex of the a animal shouldn't be "Le chat est un animal" the correct answer???

[FerneBrown1]

Yes

[ModeratelyAflame]

Gasp I never knew!

[OlubunmiBi]

Okay the comments did help. But this just triggers my thought. I translated it into "le chatte est un animal" and I graded wrong. If I had written la chatte est une animal, would i have been correct?

[ester.rees]

Does it matter. Learning a language is being able to communicate in that language. If you have been understood, that's enough for now. Refine the articles (female /male gender) and conjugations later. I feel this way anyway.

[savagequeen_02]

How am I suppose to tell the difference between chatte and chat

[nimaparke]

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