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How to Say ‘The neighbourhood bars’ in French

Les bars du quartier

leh bar dyoo kar-TYAY

[leh bar dyoo kar-TYAY]

💬 Usage Tip: Du is de + le squeezed into one word, meaning "of the". French never says de le.

Phrase Breakdown

Les bars

leh bar

The bars

Say 'lay bar'. The final 's' of 'bars' is silent.

Example

Les bars ferment à deux heures.

The bars close at two o'clock.

Words in this phrase

Les

[leh]

the

Used before plural nouns to denote particularity.

Example

Les années passent vite.

The years pass quickly.

bars

[bar]

bars

Plural of 'bar', a place serving drinks, often with live music.

Example

Les bars sont pleins ce soir.

The bars are full tonight.

du quartier

dyoo kar-TYAY

of the neighborhood

'Du' uses the French 'ü' sound. 'Quartier' sounds like 'kar-tyay', with a 'k' sound for 'qu'.

Example

La boulangerie du quartier est bonne.

The neighborhood bakery is good.

Words in this phrase

[dyoo]

of the

Contraction of de and le, used before masculine singular nouns.

Example

Du pain est sur la table.

Some bread is on the table.

quartier

[kar-TYAY]

neighborhood

Masculine noun for a district or local area of a town.

Example

J'aime mon quartier.

I like my neighborhood.

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