A1PopularArticles & Gender
Le, la, un, une, du, de la: choose the right one every time.
Every French noun is masculine or feminine, and the article tells you which. Learn the endings that reveal a noun’s gender, when to use definite, indefinite and partitive articles, and why “je ne bois pas de café” has no “du”. Sorting games and quick-fire choices make the rules automatic.
Lessons
- 1
Masculine or feminine? Le, la, l’, les
Every noun has a gender: learn the endings that reveal it and the definite articles.
- 2
Un, une, des and the negative
Use the indefinite articles and learn why “un” becomes “de” after a negation.
- 3
Du, de la, des: talking about quantities
Use the partitive articles for food and things you cannot count, and the quantities that take de.
Final assessment
Ten questions drawn from the whole course. Score 70% or more to earn your certificate.
What you will be able to do
- 01Guess a noun’s gender from its ending
- 02Use le, la, l’, les and un, une, des
- 03Master du, de la, des and de after a negation
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