French articles

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French articles

• le, la, l, les
• un, une, des

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le, la, l, les (definite articles)

• What do these words mean?
• These words all mean the.
• So how do you know which one to use?????

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• Well, first of all, if the noun is plural, there
  is only one possibility
• les
• For example, to say the teachers you would say
• les professeurs.

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• If your noun is singular (that means youre
  talking about only one thing), then you have to
  choose from le, la, l .

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• Your choice of definite article depends on the
  gender of the noun that follows.
• In French, every noun has a genderit is either
  masculine or feminine.
• In order to choose between le or la, you have to
  know the gender of the noun.

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• For example, the noun boisson (drink) is
  feminine.
• If you want to say the drink you would say
• la boisson.

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• Since casse-croûte (snack bar) is masculine, how
  would you say the snack bar?
• le casse-croûte
• Fantastique!

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Reminder about plurals

• But what if the noun is plural? For example,
  frites (fries). How would I say the fries?
• les frites
• (You can see that if a noun is plural, you dont
  really need to know if its masculine or feminine
  in order to choose the correct article.)

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• So when do we use l ?
• See if you can figure out the rule
• loignon (m) the onion
• lagrafeuse (f) the stapler
• lécole (f) the school
• What do these words have in common?

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• Thats right!! They all start with a vowel AND
  they are singular.
• Sooooo, l is used to mean the in front of a
  masculine or feminine noun starting with a vowel.

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Révision

• 1. _____ livre (m) the book
• 2. _____ prix (m) the price
• 3. _____ coupe glacée (f) the ice cream sundae
• 4. _____boissons (f) the drinks
• 5. _____oignons (m) the onions
• 6. _____ ordinateur (m) the computer

le
le
la
les
les
l
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Vous êtes très intelligents!

• So lets move on to indefinite articles

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Indefinite articles

• un, une des are indefinite articles.
• (They dont refer to any specific itemany one
  will do.)
• Do you know what they mean?
• un livre a book
• une portion a serving
• des frites some fries

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un, une, des

• Which one is used in front of a masculine
  singular noun?
• un
• Which one is used in front of a feminine singular
  noun?
• une

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• So now I bet you can guess when to use des
  (some).
• Thats right! In front of a plural nouneither
  masculine or feminine!

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How are your matching skills?

• 1. a piece
• 2. the fries
• 3. the piece
• 4. an ice cream sundae
• 5. the order
• 6. an order
• 7. some desserts
• 8. the desserts

• a) une commande
• b) les desserts
• c) un morceau
• d) la commande
• e) le morceau
• f) une coupe glacée
• g) des desserts
• h) les frites

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vocabulaireles articles

• le
• la
• l
• les
• un
• une
• des

• the (m.sing.)
• the (f.sing.)
• the (m/f voyelle)
• the (m/f pl.)
• a/an (m.sing.)
• a/an (f.sing.)
• some (m/f pl.)

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Notes (grammar section)Les articles

• Les articles définis Definite articles.
• They refer to something definite.
• le - (m. sing.)
• la - (f. sing.)
• l - (m/f vowel)
• les - (m/f pl.)

THE
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le

• Ex. _______poulet
• _______pomme
• _______oignon
• _______frites
• _______oignons

• the chicken
• the apple
• the onion
• the fries
• the onions

la
l
les
les
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• Les articles indefinis indefinite articles
• They refer to something unspecific. (Anyone will
  do.)
• un - (m. sing)
• une - (f. sing)
• des - (m/f pl.)

A, AN, SOME
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• Our next lesson will cover the partitive articles
  du, de la, and de l

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Notes (grammaire section)les articles partitifs

• Les articles partitifs Partitive articles.
• They are used when referring to only part of a
  given substance.
• du - (m. sing.)
• de la - (f. sing.)
• de l - (m/f vowel)
• des - (m/f pl.)

SOME
ANY
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du

• Ex. _______poulet
• _______pomme
• _______oignon
• _______frites
• _______oignons

• some chicken
• some apple
• some onion
• some fries
• some onions

de la
de l
des
des
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• Ex. I am eating some chicken.
• Je mange du poulet.
• (I am only eating a part of the chickennot the
  whole thing.)

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ATTENTION!

• In a negative sentence
• du
• de la de / d
• de l
• des
• Ex. Jaime de la moutarde dans mon hot dog.
• Je naime pas de moutarde dans mon hot dog.
• Elle mange des oignons.
• Elle ne mange pas doignons.

becomes
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• While were at it.
• un de/d
• une (becomes)
• in negative sentences.
• Ex. Jai un frère. I have a brother.
• Je nai pas de frère. I dont have a brother.

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A pratiquer

• 1. I like (some) mustard in my hot dog.
• 2. We are eating (some) bread.
• 3. We arent eating (any) bread.
• 4. I dont eat (any) onions.
• 5. She eats (some)onions.
• 6. They share (some) fries.
• 7. They are sharing an ice-cream sundae.
• 8. I am not sharing an ice-cream sundae.
• Note In English, we dont always say some or
  any, but in French we always use the article
  before the noun.

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