"La personne lit le journal."

Translation: The person reads the newspaper.

[lang1218]

this auto voice needs to be more clear.

[M.Elsherif]

i heard it just fine -.-

[victorhfsilva]

I could swear I heard "La personne lit UN journal."

[Janecrevels1950]

You won't say: " the person" but "someone" reads the paper!

[leslielook]

She reads the newspaper. Wasn't accepted. Neither was The woman reads....
Why is this not OK?

[managerx]

"La personne" is "the person"; it might be anyone, but the translation of this word is "person"; copy ? :)

[SJD86]

I had the same problem. I thought it was the feminine form, like le chien la chienne. Is the translation for 'the person' always 'la personne' or can it be 'le person'?

[Sitesurf]

"la personne" is always feminine, even it referring to a man.

"la victime" works the same way.

[Damondo1]

i thought personne is "nobody" is la personne the person while personne nobody?

[DianaM]

Yup. The "la" makes all the difference.

[elliot8814]

So "la personne lit le journal" is "the person reads the newspaper" but "personne lit le journal" is "no one reads the newspaper," correct?

[Sitesurf]

The negative locution is "personne ne": "personne ne lit le journal" = no one reads the newspaper.

[DuFarge]

Is there no word in french that differentiates between 'newspaper' and 'magazine'? Does 'journal' cover both?

[NomadaJaime]

Well actually I think "magazine" IS a French word. It is the feminine of "magazin", which means "warehouse". So, a publication that houses a bit of everything.

[Sitesurf]

Nice explanation. Apparently, the word crossed the Channel twice because "un magazine" is supposed to come from the English "a magazine", itself coming from the French "un magasin" (= store/shop, with an "s", not a "z").

[DuFarge]

And don't forget, in English anyway, the 'magazine' that has to do with some device to hold bullets, I believe.

[Sitesurf]

The French are fortunate enough to also have "un magazine"!

[SarBak]

when should one use une/un and when la/le?

[crlangley]

I'm hearing "UN journal"

[Jhanvikap16]

I head it as la personne lit a la jounale

[janbrickley]

why not .... the person IS READING a newspaper??

[AshokKanet]

Sitesurf, Can you please explain why "The person is reading the newspaper" was marked wrong?

Thanks

[Sitesurf]

I can see this translation on the list of accepted answers. Wasn't there a typo in your translation?

[AshokKanet]

I don't think so. Perhaps I should take a screenshot next time.
I was marked wrong and the correct translation was given as "The person reads the newspaper."
Thanks for your response.