definite articles2

In English, the definite article is "the", both for the singular and the plural. Example: the sun, the stars.
In French, there are three forms of the singular definite article and only one form for the plural.

	Singulier
masculin	play:le=sounds/le.wav	play:le Louvre=sounds/lelouvre.wav play:le restaurant=sounds/lerestaurant.wav
féminin	play:la=sounds/la.wav	play:la Tour Eiffel=sounds/latoureiffel.wav play:la table=sounds/latable.wav
before a vowel	l'	play:l'Italie=sounds/litalie.wav play:l'université=sounds/luniversite.wav (No break in the pronunciation: l' becomes part of the following word on paper and in speech)
	Pluriel
masculin, féminin and before vowels	play:les=sounds/les.wav	play:les restaurants=sounds/lesrestaurants.wav play:les tables=sounds/lestables.wav play:les universités=sounds/lesuniversites.wav

Definite articles are used to talk about a unique or specific person or thing
play:le président=sounds/lepresident.wav
play:le soleil=sounds/lesoleil.wav (the sun)
play:la lune=sounds/lalune.wav (the moon)
play:les étoiles=sounds/lesetoiles.wav
play:la classe de français=sounds/classedefrancais.wav
play:les étudiants de la classe de français 1=sounds/etudiantsfrancais.wav
In French definite articles are also used to express possession
play:la table de Robert=sounds/tablerobert.wav
play:la table de Marguerite=sounds/tablemarguerite.wav
play:le sac de Marc=sounds/sacmarc.wav
play:le sac de Virginie=sounds/sacvirginie.wav
play:les professeurs de Mt. SAC=sounds/profmtsac.wav

Consultez aussi: Les articles