Why do we say "J'adore la France" but "J'aime Paris" ? Why dont we need to add "le" before "Paris"?
Paris VS France
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Hà ThuKwiziq community member
Paris VS France
This question relates to:French lesson "Using le, la, l', les with continents, countries & regions names (definite articles)"
Asked 4 years ago
Hi Hà Thu,
No rhyme or reason this is just the way it is, in French, countries take a definite article.
La France but Paris
L' Espagne but Madrid
L' Italie but Rome
Le Portugal but Lisbonne
etc.
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