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CONTENTS
I. The indefinite article
Introduction
1. Forms
2.Choosing an indefinite article
3. Basic meanings & uses
Introduction
1. Forms
2. Choosing a definite article
ARTICLES : AN INTRODUCTION
1.FORMS
The indefinite articles
SINGULAR
PLURAL
Masculine
Un
Des
Feminine
Une
Des
Un garon
Une fille
a boy
a girl
Des filles
(some)girls
Singular forms:
masculine- feminine
Plural form:
Masculine - feminine
It is translated as a/an
It is translated as some
Il y a un garon dans la
classe.
He is a professor.
She is a student.
BUT
The indefinite article must be used when the persons
profession or religion is preceeded by a qualifying word
(adjective):
The singular definite articles le, la, l and the plural les,
1. FORMS
Definite articles
Singular
Plural
Masculine
Le
Les
Feminine
La
Les
Before vowel or h
Les
Singular forms
Masculine - feminine
Plural form
Masculine and feminine
Singular:
Singular:
Lamie (feminine)
[the] friend
Lhistoire (feminine)
[the] history
Plural:
Plural:
Lami (masculine)
[the] friend
Les amis
[the] friends
Les amies
[The] friends
Lhomme (masculine)
[the] man
Les hommes
[The] men
Les histoires
[The] histories
HOWEVER...
OBSERVE:
H nouns from Latin: use l
Lheure
La honte
[the] time
Lhoraire
[the] timetable
Lhtel
[the] hotel
Lhypothse
[the] hypothesis
[The] shame
Le hros
[The] hero
La Hollande
Holland
Le hasard
[The] coincidence
A DEFINITE ARTICLE
Introduces a specific
noun
Indicates a general
meaning of a noun
Lhistoire de la France
Life is beautiful!
La facult de Sciences
Love is complicated!
Merci!