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I do not understand how one uses a, and the other au in this lesson

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I do not understand how one uses a, and the other au in this lesson

This question relates to:French lesson "Supérieur à/Inférieur à (Irregular Comparatives in French)"
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Chris W.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

La glace à vanille est supérieure à la glace au chocolat.
Ce produit est inférieur au nôtre.

The difference is simply that "a + le" gets contracted to "au". As produit is a male noun, it would be "à le nôtre" which becomes "au nôtre".

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I do not understand how one uses a, and the other au in this lesson

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