{"id":184,"date":"2022-02-06T16:58:15","date_gmt":"2022-02-06T07:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/french-and-france.com\/?p=184"},"modified":"2022-02-06T17:11:17","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T08:11:17","slug":"french-article","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/french-and-france.com\/?p=184","title":{"rendered":"French Article"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Articles are words you use before nouns (as <em>a, an, the <\/em>in English).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"french-definite-article\">French definite article<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>French definite article are used similarly to their English counterpart, &#8220;<em>the<\/em>&#8221; to talk about <strong>specific, identified nouns<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"647\" height=\"262\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/french-and-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/definite_article.png?resize=647%2C262&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"French definite article\" class=\"wp-image-185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/french-and-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/definite_article.png?w=647&amp;ssl=1 647w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/french-and-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/definite_article.png?resize=300%2C121&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 647px) 100vw, 647px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"examples-1\">Examples<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td><strong>Singular<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Plural<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Masculine noun<\/strong><\/td><td>le livre&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <em>the book<\/em>&nbsp;<\/td><td>les livres&nbsp;&nbsp; <em>the books<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Feminine noun<\/strong><\/td><td>la table&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <em>the table<\/em>&nbsp;<\/td><td>les tables&nbsp; <em>the tables<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Before <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">a vowe<\/span>l or <\/strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>mute h<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/span><\/td><td><a>l\u2019orange<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <em>the orange<\/em><\/td><td><a>les oranges<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <em>the oranges<\/em><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/french-and-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/definite_article.wav\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"indefinite-article\">Indefinite article<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>French indefinite article indicates that the speaker is referring to either an unspecific noun or to one\/some of something. You can use indefinite articles in front of unnamed, unidentified, or unspecified nouns, as long as they are <strong>countable<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"369\" height=\"156\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/french-and-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/undefinite_article-1.png?resize=369%2C156&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/french-and-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/undefinite_article-1.png?w=369&amp;ssl=1 369w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/french-and-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/undefinite_article-1.png?resize=300%2C127&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 369px) 100vw, 369px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"examples\">Examples<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td><strong>Singular<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Plural<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Masculine<\/strong><\/td><td>un livre <em>a book<\/em><br>un ami <em>a friend<\/em> <\/td><td>des livres <em>some books<\/em><br>des amis <em>some friends<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Feminine<\/strong><\/td><td>une table <em>a table<\/em><br>une \u00e9cole <em>a school<\/em><\/td><td>des tables <em>some tables<\/em><br>des \u00e9coles <em>some school<\/em>s<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/french-and-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/undefinite_article.wav\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"partitive-article\">Partitive article<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>French partitive article indicates that the speaker is referring to only a portion or some of an <strong>uncountable<\/strong> noun, often food or drink. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The partitive article is needed when talking about an unknown or unspecified quantity of something <strong>uncountable<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"560\" height=\"243\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/french-and-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/partitive_article.png?resize=560%2C243&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"French partitive article\" class=\"wp-image-187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/french-and-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/partitive_article.png?w=560&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/french-and-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/partitive_article.png?resize=300%2C130&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"examples-2\">Examples<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td><strong>Singular<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Masculine<\/strong><\/td><td>du vin <em>some wine<\/em><br>de l\u2019argent<em> some money<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Feminine<\/strong><\/td><td>de la tarte <em>some pie<\/em><br>de l\u2019eau <em>some water<\/em><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/french-and-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/partitive_article.wav\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Download the PDF file: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.le-chapeauda.com\/\/blog\/french_article.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">French article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Articles are words you use before nouns (as a, an, the in English). 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