D E F I N I T E A R T I C L E S ( “ T H E ” )

LES ARTICLES DÉFINIS

DEFINITE ARTICLES (“THE”)

In French, all nouns have _______________ .

Every noun is either _________________ or

___________________.

The gender of nouns must be _______________!

gender

masculine

feminine

MEMORIZED

DEFINITE ARTICLES (“THE”)

In French, nouns are introduced by ______________.

The definite articles translate as __________ for

both singular and plural nouns.

The definite articles are different depending on

the _____________ (m/f) and _______________

(s/pl) of the noun.

articles

the

gender number

DEFINITE ARTICLES (“THE”)

For nouns that are…. The definite article is….• (masc, sing) ________• (fem, sing) ________• (plural) ________

Exemples:

______ stylo _______ calculatrice ______

copines

______ amie _______ homme ______ crayons

lelales

le la les

l’ l’ les

Note that both le and la become ________ when followed by a noun beginning with a __________ or a ___________.

l’vowel

silent “h”

DEFINITE ARTICLES (“THE”)

For nouns that are…. The definite article is….• (masc, sing) ________• (fem, sing) ________• (plural) ________

Exemples:

______ stylo _______ calculatrice ______ copines

______ amie _______ homme ______ crayons

Note that both le and la become ________ when followed by a noun beginning with a __________ or a ___________.