DEFINITE AND INDEFINITE ARTICLES. Nouns carry either a definite or an indefinite article to indicate their masculine or feminine gender. 1-Definite articles:le/la/l.

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DEFINITE AND INDEFINITE ARTICLES

Nouns carry either a definite or an indefinite article to indicate their masculine or feminine gender. 1-Definite articles:le/la/l Le chat – masculine – the cat Le garçon – the boy, lhôpital – the hospital; le héro – the hero Lordinateur – the computer

La voiture- feminine – the car La fille –the girl ; lhôtesse de lair- the air hostess ; la honte- the shame ; luniversité –the university

The plural of both le and la is les Les chats, les ordinateurs, les voitures, les universités 2- Indefinite articles : un / une un chat – masculine a cat

un garçon- a boy ; une hôtesse de lair- feminine – an air hostess ; une honte-a shame ; une université- a university The plural of both un and une is des Des chats- cats; des voitures- cars; des ordinateurs – computers

3- The plural of nouns: The plural is regularly formed by adding –s to the singular; e.g Le livre- the book - les livres – the books La femme – the woman- les femmes- the women

Nouns that end in –s, -x or -z in the singular remain unchanged, e.g. Le mois-the month - les mois –the months Le mois-the month - les mois –the months Le pays – the country – les pays – the countries

La voix- the voice -les voix –the voices Le nez – the nose –les nez – the noses Most nouns ending in –al form their plural in –aux, e.g. Le cheval - the horse ; les chevaux-the horses

Lhôpital - the hospital ; les hôpitaux –the hospitals Le général- the general; les généraux – the generals Le journal – the newspaper; les journaux – the newspapers

Nouns ending in –au, -eau or –eu form their plural in –x, e.g. Le noyau- the nucleus, stone (of fruit) – les noyaux Le tuyau-the tube, pipe- les tuyaux

Le chapeau –the hat – les chapeaux Le seau –the bucket - les seaux Le jeu the game - les jeux Le neveu –the nephew – les neveux Le vœu – the wish, vow – les vœux

Exceptions : le landau-pram ;les landaus Le bleu –blue, bruise- les bleus Lémeu –emu – les émeus Le pneu – tyre- les pneus

Seven nouns ending in –ou also form their plural in –x: Le bijou, jewel - les bijoux, jewels Le caillou, pebble – les cailloux,pebbles Le chou, cabbage – les choux, cabbages

Le genou, knee – les genoux, knees Le hibou, owl – les hiboux, owls Le joujou, toy –ies joujoux, toys Le pou, louse – les poux, lice

Other nouns ending in –ou add –s, e.g. Le clou-nail, les clous- nails Le voyou- lout, yobbo ; les voyous – louts, yobbos