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Definite article L’

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Used before all singular nouns, masculine and feminine, starting with a vowel or a mute H. The -e or -a of the definite article is dropped. When the noun starts with H, pronounce the vowel that follows H.

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Le, La and L’

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Le is used with masculine nouns beginning with a consonant, la is used with feminine singular nouns beginning with a consonant, L’ is used with both M and F singular nouns beginning with a vowel.

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The letter H

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H is silent in French. Words starting with h are pronounced beginning with the first vowel.

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Masculine noun endings

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-eau
-isme
-ment

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Feminine noun endings

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-ence
-ie
-ion
-té
-ude
-ure

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D, N, S, T as final letter in a masculine or feminine word

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-Silent in masculine words
-When followed by an -e in the feminine form they are pronounced

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