Why do we say "a les cheveux bruns" in french? "a" means "has" and "les" means "the (plural)," so that translates to "has the brown hairs" (in english at least). why do you have to precede a noun with a definite article like le, la, les, and l'? i don't understand why you wouldn't say "a cheveux bruns" which means "has brown hair." does it have to do with possession?

Hi !

"a" les cheveux bruns

les = article défini : masculin/pluriel

"a" = verbe "avoir"

J'ai

Tu as

Il,elle, on a

Nous avons

Vous avez

Ils,elles ont

Exemple :

Il a les cheveux bruns.

Possession is :

MON /  MA /MES

TON/ TA /TES  

SON /SA / SES

NOTRE  /NOTRE /NOS

VOTRE  /VOTRE  /VOS

LEUR / /LEURS

Exemple :

Mes cheveux sont bruns.

Ses cheveux sont bruns.

answer: frenchlearn.com

explanation: because that's how i learned french.

answer: how exactly do we answer this? we don't know anything about you and you are asking us about high schoolers taking french. (not to be rude) go ask some people in your school.

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