"That water doesn't really look clean."

Translation: Cette eau-là n'a pas vraiment l'air pure.

[RobLeGrand]

So "pure" shares gender with "eau", not "air"?

[GrahamNdP]

Yes - it's describing the water; « l'air » here is not referring to the atmosphere but rather describing the water as having "an air of" i.e. "the look/feel of"! :)

[Gordon964264]

BUT sometimes it is possible for the adjective to agree with "air. https://www.projet-voltaire.fr/regles-orthographe/elle-a-l-air-serieux-ou-elle-a-l-air-serieuse/

[GrahamNdP]

Thanks for that helpful addition! :)

[Don_Martino]

I have the same question. Surely the adjective is modifying "air" and not "eau".

[stacy407443]

Is the là mandatory?

[GrahamNdP]

No, it is not and Duo accepts it without it! :)

[Gordon964264]

Same question.

[JLN20]

Why not: "Cette eau-là n'a vraiment pas l'air pure" ?

[SeanFogart4]

It's the difference between "not really" and "really not". Learning it is another matter . . .

[Daniel589120]

That would translate into "That water really doesn't look clean."!

[RoslynJS]

Cette eau n'a vraiment pas l'air pure = accepted Apr 2021.

[N.Hilary]

The previous exercise had the correct answer as "...l'air pur" as opposed to "l'air pure". So, now I am a little confused. "l'air" is masculine, but "l'eau" is feminine.

[InvertedGo]

Avoir l'air is an expression that means "to look like" or "to seem". "Pure" is describing the water.

[GrahamNdP]

See the link above that Gordon964264 posted in response to my post! :)

[JoanSmith0]

cette eau-la n'a pas l'air vraiment pure

is the given word only the only acceptable

[Mumu2946]

Why.
Cette eau là n'a pas l'air vraiment pure is bad ?.

[Jeuri14]

Your sentence translates to:
"That water doesn't look really clean".