1. © Edco 2011 Bon Travail ! 1 BON TRAVAIL 1

2. © Edco 2011 Bon Travail ! 1 Masculine The first form is masculine In your dictionary you will know when a word is masculine when you see nm beside the word livre nm book

3. © Edco 2011 Bon Travail ! 1 Les articles définis le crayon le garçon le café le portable

4. © Edco 2011 Bon Travail ! 1 Le Le means the Le is used for masculine nouns –Voici le professeur – Here is the teacher

5. © Edco 2011 Bon Travail ! 1 Les articles définis la femme la fleur la table la chaise

6. © Edco 2011 Bon Travail ! 1 La La means the La is used for feminine nouns –Voici la maison – Here is the house

7. © Edco 2011 Bon Travail ! 1 Les articles définis l’alphabet (m.) l’élève (m./f.) l’horloge (f.) l’hôpital (m.)

8. © Edco 2011 Bon Travail ! 1 L’ L’ means the L’ is used for BOTH feminine and masculine nouns which begin with a vowel – a e i o u –Voici l’orange – Here is the orange (f.) L’ is also used for nouns which begin with a silent h – Voici l’hôtel – Here is the hotel (m.)

9. © Edco 2011 Bon Travail ! 1 Les articles définis les filles les garçons les livres les bonbons

10. © Edco 2011 Bon Travail ! 1 Les Les means the Les is used with ALL plural nouns –Voici les cahiers – Here are the copies –Voici les élèves – Here are the pupils

11. © Edco 2011 Bon Travail ! 1 H le (masculine noun) la (feminine noun) l’ (noun beginning with a vowel or silent h) les (plural noun) –These are the four ways of saying the in French! L’ Rappel