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Grammaire
LES ARTICLES
INDEFINITE ARTICLE
| MASCULINE | FEMININE | |
| SINGULAR | un livre (a book) | une maison (a house) |
| PLURAL | des livres (books) | des maisons (houses) |
- The 's' in des is not pronounced. If the following word begins with a vowel or a mute 'h', then it is pronounced with a strong sound.
- In plural des must always be used.
DEFINITE ARTICLE
| MASCULINE | FEMININE | |
| SINGULAR | le livre (the book) | la maison (the house) |
| PLURAL | les livres (the books) | les maisons (the houses) |
- The articles le and la become l' if the following word begins with a vowel or a mute 'h'. Example: l'homme, l'université.
- The 's' in les is not pronounced. If the following word begins with a vowel or a mute 'h', then it is pronounced with a strong sound.
CONTRACTIONS WITH PREPOSITIONS à AND de
- à + le = au
- à + les = aux
- de + le = du
- de + les = des
- The rest of combinations are not contracted.
PARTITIVE ARTICLE
| MASCULINE +consonant | FEMININE +consonant | MASCULINE/FEMENINE +vowel |
| du pain (bread) | de la bière (beer) | de l'or (gold) de l'eau (water) |
- They are used with uncountable nouns. They mean a part or a portion of.