Explain my art work to jury: Describing the work concretely

💬 [Je vais] + another verb is a very common way to say what you're about to do: [je vais présenter], [je vais expliquer], [je vais montrer]. In speech, [je] often shrinks to (zhuh), so [je vais] sounds close to (zhuh vay).

💬 [Mon] is used before a feminine noun starting with a vowel, so French says [mon œuvre], not [ma œuvre]. The change is for smooth pronunciation; compare [mon œuvre] and [ma peinture].

💬 [Je vais] + verb is the handy pattern here: [Je vais présenter mon œuvre], [Je vais décrire la scène], [Je vais parler des couleurs]. It means what you're going to do right now or next.

💬 [Au] is the fused form of [à le]. You use it before a masculine singular noun: [au jury], [au musée], [au public].

🇫🇷 In French, [jury] often means an interview panel, exam board, or selection committee, not only a courtroom jury. In an art-school or competition setting, [le jury] sounds completely natural.

💬 [Au] means [à le] compressed into one word, so [au jury] is literally [to the jury/panel]. The same pattern appears in [au musée] and [au professeur] only if the noun is masculine.