the use of the definite article unit 4, lesson 10
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The use of the definite article
Unit 4, Lesson 10
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What is the definite article?
The definite article is the word
THE
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You already know two of the definite articles in French!
The for a masculine noun leExamples:
le baladeur – the CD playerle livre – the bookle chien – the dog
le cahier – the notebook
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You already know two of the definite articles in French!
The for a feminine noun is la
Examplesla raquette
la motola calculatrice
la voiture
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What happens if the noun starts with a vowel sound?
The le or la becomes l’ in front of any vowel sound
Examplesl’ordinateur
l’affichel’hotel
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WAIT!!!!
You know, I have more than one book and more than one notebook and morethan one pencil and more than onepen and more than one CD and more than one DVD….what do I do about that???
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Calm yourself! There is a simple solution!
First thing: to make almost any noun in
French plural, add an S to the end of the word.
Second thing:
Change the LE or the LA to LES
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Check this out!
le livre ------------- les livres
la guitare ------------- les guitares
l’appareil-photo --------- les appareil-photos
le sac ------------------ les sacs
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Do I have to keep repeating the noun?No, you can replace the noun with a subject
pronoun, il or elle depending on the gender of the noun.
Où est l’ordinateur? Il est sur le bureau.Où est la radiocassette ? Elle est dans ma chambre ?
Masculine nouns are replaced by ilFeminine nouns are replaced by elle(We’ll work on plural nouns later…)
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Besides saying “the”-----
There are 2 times the French use the definite article where we do not use it in English.
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Compare the French and the English
• J’aime le français.
• Je préfère les maths
• Tu aimes le rap?
• Nous aimons les films en classe.
I like French.
I prefer math.
Do you like rap?
We like movies in class.
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The rule:
Use the definite article (le, la, l’, les) when you are talking about nouns in a general sense, aka where we do not use a “the” in English.
(used a lot after aimer, préférer and adorer)
Why do the French do this?
Because every noun has to have some sort of article before it.
PS – We do not know all of these articles right now
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2nd time to use the definite article:
Use le before a day of the week to say “On (day of the week)…” or “Every (day of the week)…?
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Examples Le jeudi, je regarde Grey’s Anatomy.
On Thursdays, I watch Grey’s Anatomy.
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Le dimanche, je regarde “Rock of Love”
Every Sunday, I watch Rock of Love.
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Le vendredi, je dîne au restaurant.
On Fridays, I eat at a restaurant.