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Nouns, Articles & Demonstratives / les noms, les articles & les demonstratifs
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| le | the (masculine) |
| la | the (feminine) |
| l’ | the (before vowel) |
| les | the (plural) |
| un | a, an, some (masculine) |
| une | a, an, some feminine) |
| des | a, an, some (plural) |
| ce | this, that, these, those (masculine) |
| cet | this, that, these, those (masculine before vowel) |
| cette | this, that, these, those (feminine) |
| ces | this, that, these, those (plural) |
| Nouns ending in what are usually masculine? | -age, -ment, with a consonant. |
| Nouns ending in what are usually feminine? | -ure, -sion, -tion, -ence, -ance, -té, -ette |
| How do you distinguish between this or that and these or those? | By adding -ci to the end of the noun for this and these and -là to the end of the noun for that and those. |
| ce lit-ci | is this bed, while |
| ce lit-là | is that bed. |