In French, there are three different ways to express half .
la moitié de [quelque chose] = half -the- [something]
La moitié de means half -the- [something]. It is always feminine.
Note that you can also say une moitié de to express one half of [something].
un/une demi-[nom] = half a [noun]
Un/une demi-[nom] means half a [noun].
Un/une agree in gender with the object it refers to, BUT demi- never changes!
Note that the object referred to is attached to demi with a hyphen.
[nom] et demi/demie = [noun] and a half
[nom] et demi/demie means [noun] and a half.
Demi here agrees in gender with the object it refers to.
Demi here agrees in gender with the object it refers to.
Note that et demi is placed after the object it refers to.
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