Newspaper – le journal

(Pronounced zhoor-nahl)

To remember that Newspaper is pronounced zhoor-nahl (journal) in French, use the following mnemonic:

The newspaper would never print again – he was sure this was the final (journal) edition.

Journal is masculine, so it's le journal. Imagine our early learner on the front page of a newspaper.

Examples of journal (newspaper) in a sentence

Il achète le journal au kiosque.

(He is buying the newspaper at the kiosk.)

Marie lit le journal dans le jardin.

(Marie reads the newspaper in the garden.)

Ce journal parle de notre village.

(This newspaper talks about our village.)