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Conjunctions
Basic Words to Memorize
The French Definite and Indefinite Articles
Gender and Number
Il/Elle Est

The French Definite and Indefinite Articles by Bruce Sallee and David Hebert

The French articles le, la, l' and les (definite articles) and un, une, des (indefinite articles) accompany nouns and correspond to the English “the” (definite article) and “a” (indefinite article).

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