Definite Articles

Mean 'the' in English

Accompany a noun (all nouns in French have gender and number)

Agree in number (singular, plural) AND gender (masculine, feminine) with the noun

Learn articles with the nouns to remember gender

SINGULAR
PLURAL
MASCULINE
le
les
FEMININE
la
les
BEFORE A VOWEL
l'
les

Examples:

le livre = the book

la classe = the class

l'école = the school

les livres = the books

les classes = the classes

les écoles = the schools