Articles in French

Articles in French

In this lesson the basic French course you will see which are the articles in French . Like the Spanish, the articles in French are classified as definite articles (or certain items) and indefinite articles (or indefinite articles), although it is considered a third form, known as the partitive article.

Article determined in French

The definite article in French for the singular has 2 forms, one for the men: you , and one for women: the . Plural used them for both male and female for.

Singular is sometimes used contraction l ' , when the name that accompanies the article begins with a vowel or hache.

Here are some examples:

The definite article      L 'article défini

The boy                        Le garçon

Home                         La maison

The man                   L'homme

Children                         Les enfants

Women                         Les femmes

The indefinite article in French

For the indefinite article in French is used one and binds to the singular male and female respectively, and give to the plural.

Here are some examples:

The indefinite article                  L'article indéfini

A man                                        Un homme

A woman                                    une femme

Some children                            des enfants

Some houses                             des maisons

The partitive article in French

There is yet another way for articles in French: partitive article. This is used for non - countable nouns, being used du to the singular masculine, of for the singular feminine and give to the plural. If used in a negative phrase used partitive of , or d ' .

The partitive article                  L'article partitif

Bread                                            du bread

Meat                                         De la viande

fruit                                            des fruits

Water                                         De l'eau

I have no money                       Je n'ai pas d'argent