The articles (les articles) Flashcards
The Articles (les articles) What are articles? How many kinds of articles are?
Articles precede nouns and indicate their gender (masculine or feminine) and number (singular or plural). Like possessive and demonstrative adjectives, articles belong to a group of words called determiners.
There are three kinds of articles:
- the definite article (le, la, l’ , les)
- the indefinite article (un, une, des)
- partitive articles (du, de la, de l’ , des)
The Articles (les articles) Carrots are vegetables.
Les carottes sont des légumes.
The Articles (les articles) Children like animals.
Les enfants aiment les animaux.
The Articles (les articles) Work removes three great evils from us: boredom, vice and need.
Le travail éloigne de nous trois grands maux: l’ennui, le vice et le besoin.
The Articles (les articles) There is cocoa and sugar in chocolate.
Il y a du cacao et du sucre dans le chocolat.
The Articles (les articles) List definite articles.
singular plural
masculine le les
feminine la les
masculine or feminine
before vowel or mute h l’ les
(no elision occurs before h aspiré)
The Articles (les articles) the lobster
le homard
The Articles (les articles) Holland
la Hollande
The Articles (les articles) the hatred
la haine
The Articles (les articles) the appetizer
le hors-d’oeuvre
The Articles (les articles) Hungary
la Hongrie
The Articles (les articles) the bean
le haricot
The Articles (les articles) What is the difference between ''h muet'' and ''h aspiré''?
Both are silent in pronunciation, but ‘‘h muet’’ is treated like a vowel (elision and liaison occur), and ‘‘h aspiré’’ is treated like a consonant ( no elision and no liaison take place).
The Articles (les articles) Must the definite article be repeated before each noun in a series?
Yes (unlike in English). f.e. les fruits et les légumes BUT The article is not repeated in fixed expressions such as: les frères et soeurs les us et coutumes les petites et moyennes entreprises
The Articles (les articles) Which contractions occur when prepositions ''à'' or ''de'' precede the articles ''le'' or ''les''?
à + le = au
à + les = aux
de + le = du
de + les = des
These contractions also occur when ‘‘le’’ or ‘‘les’’ are part of a name or title, except with family names.
f.e. Il va au Havre et aux Sables d’Olonne.
The Articles (les articles) He goes to the movies.
Il va au cinéma.
The Articles (les articles) I live in the United States.
J’habite aux États-Unis
The Articles (les articles) He speaks about the teacher.
Il parle du professeur.
The Articles (les articles) She is afraid of dogs.
Elle a peur des chiens.
The Articles (les articles) the 24 hour (race) of le Mans
les 24 heures du Mans
The Articles (les articles) the author of ''Les Miserables''
l’auteur des Misérables
The Articles (les articles) I am interested in Le Clézio.
Je m’intéresse à Le Clézio.
The Articles (les articles) the gardens of Le Nôtre
les jardins de le Nôtre
The Articles (les articles) the church of Le Corbusier
l’église de Le Corbusier