【法语定冠词】 French Definite

French Definite Article 1.1

 

1. HOW TO SAY “THE” IN FRENCH

 

FOR MASCULINE WORDS WE SAY LE: 

The bread = le pain

The bean: = le haricot

 

In front of a vowel LE becomes L’

 

The friend = l’ami

The hotel = l’h?tel

 

H?tel starts with a plugged H and Haricot with an unplugged one.

 

FOR FEMININE WORDS WE SAY LA:

The car = la voiture

The axe = la hache

 

Again in front of a vowel LA becomes L’

 

The friend = l’amie

The hostess = l’h?tesse

 

H?tesse starts with a plugged H and Hache with an unplugged one.

 

FOR PLURAL WORDS EITHER MASCULINE OR FEMININE LE AND LA BECOME LES: 

The friends = les amis

The beans = les haricots

 

Differences between English and French:

 

President John Smith = LE président John Smith (always with the definite article in French)

 

France = la France

 

French people = LES Fran?ais

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French Definite Article 1.2

2 CONTRACTIONS

I go to the cinema, to translate ‘to the’, we don’t say “à le” but “au’ instead = je vais au cinéma

There is no contraction for feminine word: à la, je suis à la maison

For plural, we say aux, l’aide aux enfants

 

From the cinema to the supermarket, to translate ‘from the’ we don’t say “de le ” but “du” instead = du cinéma au supermarché

There is no contraction for the feminine form “de la”

And for plural we say “des” instead of “de les”

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FILL THE BLANKS

Choose the correct article

 livre est sur  table avec  crayon près de  télévision.

Je vais faire  courses et je prends  voiture.

N'oublie pas  clefs, elles sont sur  radiateur, derrière  porte.

 horloge ne marche pas, elle ne donne pas  heure exacte.

J'ai mis  vêtements dans  machine à laver.

Qui a mangé  tarte ?

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