Unité 1 Leçon 2 La grammaire d’Unité 1

L’Usage des articles indéfinis o Indefinite articles are used when you are not talking about a specific item. In English we use a, an, or some while in French we use un, une, or des. - un – used for masculine words - une – used for feminine words - des – used for plural words (no matter if they are masculine for feminine)

Des exemples o a boy – un garçon o a pen – un stylo o a girl – une fille o a chair – une chaise o some gentlemen – des messieurs o some hamburgers – des hamburgers o some ladies – des mesdames o some pizzas – des pizzas

L’Usage des articles définis o Definite articles are used when you are talking about specific items. In English we use the while in French we use le, la, l’ or les. - le – used for masculine singular words - la – used for feminine singular words - l’ – used for singular words that start with a vowel - les – used for plural words (no matter if they are masculine for feminine)

Des exemples o the boy – le garçon o the pen – le stylo o the girl – la fille o the chair – la chaise o the computer – l’ordinateur o the gentlemen – les messieurs o the hamburgers – les hamburgers o the ladies – les mesdames o the pizzas – les pizzas

Souvenez que… o Remember that there is no way to know if a noun is masculine or feminine. You just have to memorize the article along with the noun. o Remember also that if a noun begins with a vowel, you will need to link the article with the first letter of the noun. Whether it is with an l’, un, une, des, les.

Les Adjectifs Possessifs  Possessive adjectives are words describing that someone owns/has a relation to an object/being.  First, you need to see who is owning the item, then see if the item is masculine, feminine, or plural.  After finding the owner and the gender, you then choose the corresponding possessive adjective.

Les Adjectifs Possessifs  Here are the possessive adjectives for each of the singular “owners”: subjectmasculine feminine plural pronoun je mon ma mes tu ton ta tes il/elle/on son sa ses

Les Adjectifs Possessifs  Here are the possessive adjectives for each of the plural “owners”: subject singular plural pronoun nous notrenos vous votrevos ils/elles leurleurs

Des Exemples  Je – since je means I the mon, ma, and mes mean my. J’ai mon livre. (I have my book.) Il a mon papier. (He has my paper.)  Tu – since tu means you (s.) the ton, ta, tes mean your. Tu as tes cahiers? (Do you have your notebooks?) Elles ont ton livre. (They have your book.)

Des Exemples  Il – since il means he the son, sa, and ses mean his. Il a son crayon. (He has his pencil.) Ils ont sa pizza. (They have his pizza.)  Elle – since elle means she the son, sa, ses mean her. Elle a ses stylos. (She has her pens.) Tu as son prof. (You have her teacher.)

Des Exemples  Nous – since nous means we the notre and nos mean our. Nous avons nos livres. (We have our books.) J’ai notre cahier. (I have our notebook.)  Vous – since vous means you (plural or formal) the votre and vos mean your. Vous avez votre crayon. (You have your pencil.) Elle a vos papiers. (She has your papers.)

Des Exemples  Ils – since ils means they (masc.) the leur and leurs mean their. Ils ont leurs stylos. (They have their pens.) Nous avons leur livre. (We have their book.)  Elles – since elles means they (fem.) the leur and leurs mean their. Elles ont leur pizza. (They have their pizza.) J’ai leurs profs. (I have their teachers.)