| Alphabet
| a |
ah |
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j |
zhee |
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s |
ess |
| b |
beh |
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k |
kah |
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t |
teh |
| c |
seh |
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l |
ell |
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u |
ooh |
| d |
deh |
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m |
em |
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v |
veh |
| e |
uh |
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n |
en |
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w |
doo-blah-veh |
| f |
eff |
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o |
oh |
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x |
eeks |
| g |
zheh |
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p |
peh |
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y |
ee-grek |
| h |
ahsh |
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q |
koo |
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z |
zed |
| i |
ee |
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r |
air |
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Nouns, Articles and Demonstratives
All nouns in French have a gender, either masculine or feminine. For the most part, you must memorize the gender, but there are some endings of words that will help you decide which gender a noun is. Nouns ending in -age and -ment are usually masculine, as are nouns ending with a consonant. Nouns ending in -ure, -sion, -tion, -ence, -ance, -té, and -ette are usually feminine.
Articles and adjectives must agree in number and gender with the nouns they modify. And articles have to be expressed even though they aren't always in English; and you may have to repeat the article in some cases. Demonstratives are like strong definite articles.
Definite Articles (The)
| Masculine |
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Feminine |
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Before Vowel |
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Plural |
le lit
the bed |
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la pomme
the apple |
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l'oiseau
the bird |
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les gants
the gloves |
Indefinite Articles (A, An, Some)
| Masculine |
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Feminine |
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Plural |
un lit
a bed |
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une pomme
an apple |
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des gants
some gloves |
Demonstrative Adjectives (This, That, These, Those)
| Masc. |
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Masc, Before Vowel |
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Fem. |
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Plural |
ce lit
this/that bed |
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cet oiseau
this/that bird |
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cette pomme
this/that apple |
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ces gants
these/those gloves |
If you need to distinguish between this or that and these or those, you can add -ci to the end of the noun for this and these, and -là to the end of the noun for that and those. For example, ce lit-ci is this bed, while ce lit-là is that bed.
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