French Definite Article
Lesson 1. French Definite Articles
Lesson 2. More about the difference between French and English
Lesson 3. Contractions with definite articles: au, aux
Lesson 4. Contractions with definite articles: du, des
2. Contraction of the article LE
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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’hôtel
Hôtel 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’hôtesse
Hôtesse 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 Français
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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