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Indefinite articles
Un → masculine singular
Je mets un pot de fleurs sur le balcon.
I put a flower pot on the balcony.
Une → feminine singular
Tu prend une assiette.
You take a plate.
Des → plural
Elle achète des fleurs.
She buys flowers.
Definite articles
Le → masculine singular
Le vélo est cassé.
The bike is broken.
La → feminine singular
Je vais faire un tour dans la rue principale.
I'm going for a stroll on the main street.
Les → plural
Les castors vivent dans la rivière.
Beavers live in the river.
Partitive articles
Du → masculine singular
Il y a du poulet à manger.
There’s chicken to eat.
De la → feminine singular
Je mange de la purée de pomme de terre.
I eat mashed potatoes.
De l’ → masculine singular before a word that starts with a vowel (a, e, i, o, u, y) or a silent h
De l’eau du robinet.
Tap water.
Des → plural
Elle coupe des carottes pour faire une salade.
She is cutting carrots to make a salad.
C’est / Ce sont ≠ Il est
- We use c’est and ce sont for persons, things, nationalities, jobs and opinions
C’est une femme.
This is a woman.
C’est Julie.
It’s Julie.
C’est un parapluie.
This is an umbrella.
Ce sont des américains.
They're Americans.
Ce sont des cuisiniers.
They're cooks.
C’est beau.
It’s beautiful.
C’est bien.
It’s good.
- We use il est for descriptions, time, nationalities and job
Il est beau
He is beautiful.
Il est cinq heures.
It’s 5 o’clock.
Il est canadien.
He is canadian.
Il est charpentier.
He is a carpenter.
Demonstrative determinants
Ce → masculine singular
Ce concert.
This gig.
Cette → feminine singular
Cette région.
This region.
Cet → masculine singular before a word that starts with a vowel (a, e, i, o, u, y) or a silent h
Cet hôpital.
This hospital.
Ces → plural
Ces chaussures.
These shoes.
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Thomas Ricomard specializes in teaching French as a foreign language. He has been providing private lessons since 2015, both in-person and online (via Skype). He taught at the Popular University of the Canton of Geneva (Switzerland) from 2015 to 2018, instructing several groups of 20 students from around the world (United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Spain, Brazil, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Mexico, etc.), ranging from beginner to intermediate levels (A1 to B2). With a Master’s degree in clinical and cognitive psychology from the University of Geneva, his knowledge of psychology allows him to tailor his teaching methods for optimal learning, taking into account factors such as visual memory versus auditory memory. He expresses his passion for the French language through writing texts, including poetry and songs, which he presents publicly at numerous music and slam events.