1. French Nouns and Gender
Nouns in French (like Latin, Italian, Spanish, and even German) have gender. They are either masculine or feminine.
This does not mean that the nouns have male or female parts. It is simply a way of categorizing nouns.
There is no reliable rule for determining a noun’s gender other than memorizing that word’s gender.

2. French Nouns and Gender
We can tell a noun’s gender by the definite or indefinite article it takes.
Definite article
“the” is le (masculine) or la (feminine); les in plural; le/la become l’ when its noun begins with a vowel
Indefinite article
“a”/ “an” is un (m) or une (f);
des in plural

3. French Nouns and Gender
un garçon une fille
un ami une amie
un copain une copine
un monsieur une dame
un prof une prof
un professeur une voiture
un livre une pomme
un stylo une boum

4. French Nouns and Gender HOMEWORK
Write each of the nouns in the previous slide with the appropriate DEFINITE ARTICLE.
Then make each one of those plural.
un garçon le garçon les garçons