<em>Bonjour,</em>
<em>Answer:</em>
Tu as dormi parce que tu avais sommeil.
<u>Explanation:</u>
This news item could be rewritten in English as:
<em>Four young Spaniards were arrested as they tried to board a boat for not having tickets for the trip. They said their tickets were lost, but since they don't have their passports too, Everyone on board thinks they wanted to go on vacation abroad without having to pay.</em>
In French, it could be rewritten as:
<em>Quatre jeunes Espagnols ont été arrêtés alors qu'ils tentaient de monter à bord d'un bateau parce qu'ils n'avaient pas de billets pour le voyage. Ils ont dit que leurs billets avaient été perdus, mais comme ils n'ont pas non plus leur passeport, tout le monde à bord pense vouloir partir en vacances à l'étranger sans avoir à payer.</em>
Du because it is masculine.
For example, if I say “une table” – the gender is feminine, and the number is singular. Both are show by the French article “une”in this example, however your French teacher may have withhold this information during the test if you had to memorize a list of French words!
