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Le Havre Sep 26th 2012, 04:42 ← Older revision Revision as of 04:42, 26 September 2012 Line 1: Line 1: − ==French== + ==English==   {{wikipedia}}   {{wikipedia}}       ===Proper noun===   ===Proper noun=== − '''[[le#French|Le]] [[havre|Havre]]''' + {{en-proper noun}}   +   + # A city on the north coast of [[Normandy]], [[France]]   +   + ====Translations====   + {{trans-top|city}}   + * French: {{t+|fr|Le Havre|m}}   + {{trans-mid}}   + * Russian: {{t|ru|Гавр|m|tr=Gavr|sc=Cyrl}}   + {{trans-bottom}}   +   + [[Category:en:Cities]]   + [[Category:en:France]]   +   + ----   +   + ==French==   + {{wikipedia|lang=fr}}   +   + ===Pronunciation===   + * {{IPA|/lə ɑvʁ/|lang=fr}}   +   + ===Proper noun===   + {{fr-proper noun|head={{l|fr|le|Le}} {{l|fr|havre|Havre}}|g=m}}       # A city on the north coast of [[Normandy]], [[France]]   # A city on the north coast of [[Normandy]], [[France]] Line 14: Line 14:   Since "Le Havre" begins with "Le", a [[definite article]], it follows the same rules as the lowercase "le", i.e. if you were to say "I am from Le Havre", it would be "Je viens du Havre", [[du#French|du]] being a contraction of [[de#French|de]] and [[le#French|le]]; or if you were to say "I am going to go to Le Havre", similarly it would be "Je vais aller au Havre". The same rule applies for other towns, for example [[Le Mans]]. Curiously, The "de + le = du" and "à + le = au" rules don't apply to surnames, so you say "La politique de Le Pen" as opposed to "La politique du Pen".   Since "Le Havre" begins with "Le", a [[definite article]], it follows the same rules as the lowercase "le", i.e. if you were to say "I am from Le Havre", it would be "Je viens du Havre", [[du#French|du]] being a contraction of [[de#French|de]] and [[le#French|le]]; or if you were to say "I am going to go to Le Havre", similarly it would be "Je vais aller au Havre". The same rule applies for other towns, for example [[Le Mans]]. Curiously, The "de + le = du" and "à + le = au" rules don't apply to surnames, so you say "La politique de Le Pen" as opposed to "La politique du Pen".     − [[Category:French proper nouns]]     [[Category:fr:Cities]]   [[Category:fr:Cities]]   + [[Category:fr:France]]       [[de:Le Havre]]   [[de:Le Havre]]

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