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Every noun has a gender, and the article shows it. Un and le are masculine, une and la feminine: un magasin, une valise; le train, la gare.
Un / une means a: Vivi cherche une valise, she is looking for a suitcase. Le / la means the: la valise rouge, the red suitcase. In the plural: des valises, les valises.
Before a vowel le and la become l’: l’addition, l’hôtel. Gender is not about meaning: une valise, but le livre. Learn each word with its article.
| FR | Sounds like | Means |
|---|---|---|
| une valise | /yn valiz/ | a suitcasefeminine |
| un magasin | /ɛ̃ maɡazɛ̃/ | a shopmasculine |
| la valise rouge | /la valiz ʁuʒ/ | the red suitcasedefinite article |
| des carnets | /de kaʁnɛ/ | notebooksplural |
| l’addition | /ladisjɔ̃/ | the billla → l’ |