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Nouns, Articles
and Demonstratives
All nouns in French have a gender, either
masculine or feminine. For the most part,
you must memorize the gender, but there are some
endings of words that will help you decide which
gender a noun is. Nouns ending in -age and
-ment are usually masculine, as are nouns ending
with a consonant. Nouns ending in -ure, -sion,
-tion, -ence, -ance, -té, and -ette are usually
feminine.
Articles and adjectives must agree in
number and gender with the nouns they modify. And
articles have to be expressed even though they aren't
always in English; and you may have to repeat the
article in some cases. Demonstratives are
like strong definite articles.
Definite Articles (The)
| Masculine |
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Feminine |
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Before Vowel |
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Plural |
le lit
the bed |
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la pomme
the apple |
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l'oiseau
the bird |
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les gants
the gloves |
Indefinite Articles (A, An, Some)
| Masculine |
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Feminine |
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Plural |
un lit
a bed |
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une pomme
an apple |
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des gants
some gloves |
Demonstrative Adjectives (This, That, These,
Those)
| Masc. |
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Masc, Before Vowel |
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Fem. |
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Plural |
ce lit
this/that bed |
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cet oiseau
this/that bird |
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cette pomme
this/that apple |
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ces gants
these/those gloves |
If you need to distinguish between this
or that and these or those, you can add -ci to the
end of the noun for this and these, and -là to the
end of the noun for that and those. For example,
ce lit-ci is this bed, while ce
lit-là is that bed.
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