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Indefinite articles

PRACTICE

Objectifs de la leçon

1. to practise using indefinite articles un, une, des in context

Niveau

A1 - niveau découverte (beginner)

    Rappel

    An indefinite article is a word used to designate an object which is not specific.

    In French, the indefinite articles agree in gender and number with the noun they qualify. Therefore, they are:

    Masculin ou féminin ?

    Words which end in -e* or -ion are in majority feminine.
    e.g: une voiture (a car), une bouteille (a bottle), une tasse (a mug), une nation (a nation), une organisation (an organisation)

    Words which end in anything else are in majority masculine*.

    *Unfortunately, there are words ending in -e which are masculine, such as un livre (a book), un arbre (the tree), un téléphone (the telephone). Besides, most words ending in -age, -ège or -isme, such as le nettoyage (the cleaning), le manège (the merry-go-round), l'organisme (the organism), are also masculine.