French Nouns and Articles

In French, an article tells you the gender and number of the noun that follows it. ​

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Note: Gender here means whether the word is masculin (masculine) or féminin (feminine). ​

**Many Romance languages use articles to identify gender such as Spanish and Italian!​

Qu'est-ce que c'est les noms et les articles?​

What are nouns and articles?​

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A noun is a person, place, thing or idea! ​

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*un professeur ​

*une carte

*un stylo​

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'La' is the feminine, singular article.

*La phrase

*La toilette

*La salle de classe

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'Le' is the masculine , singular article.

​*Le sac à dos

*Le tableau

*Le pupitre​

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​Le

​Les articles 'le' et 'la'

All nouns in French are preceded by le, la, un or une! N'oubliez pas! (Don't Forget)

​et le pluriel?

What about the plural?​

​Making nouns plural is easy! C'est facile!

To make a noun plural in French, we use the article 'les' before the noun, then add an -s to the end of the noun!

Les cafés

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Les lampes

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Les​ sacs à main

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​Plural

Le café

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La lampe

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Le sac à dos ​

​Singular

​Les Exemples