Pineapple – l'ananas

(Pronounced ah-nan-ahs)

To remember that Pineapple is pronounced ah-nan-ahs (ananas) in French, use the following mnemonic:

The pineapple costume was a nana's (ananas) favourite outfit. 

Ananas is masculine, so it's le ananas, but because that would mean two vowel sounds together, it is spelt l'ananas. Imagine the early learner getting his hair cut like a pineapple.

Examples of ananas (pineapple) in a sentence

J'adore l'ananas frais. 

(I love fresh pineapple.)

L'ananas est un fruit tropical très sucré. 

(Pineapple is a very sweet tropical fruit.)

Il a demandé la recette pour faire sa propre tarte à l'ananas. 

(He asked for the recipe to make his own pineapple tart.)