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Question:     Elle va ________ Havre aujourd'hui. She's going to Le Havre today.(HINT: Le Havre is a French city).      I noted the Le was missing in the question so after writing au, as being masculine I knew this was the answer but not having Le in front confused me so I added it, making my answer 'au le'.   Why was the Le missing. Was this an examiners deliberate deception?

Jim Jones · Answer

Bonjour Jonathan,You appear to be on the right track  (but there is no deception) --  the lesson Il va au Havre.But in this case, we have a female"She's going to Le Havre"  The compound definite article is à plus le to make au. Elle va au (à le ) Havre"Hope this helpsBonne continuationJim