Understanding French articles: when to use the DEFINITE, INDEFINITE and PARTITIVE articles

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In this video, we will explore the fascinating world of French articles. We will delve into the three main types of articles in the French language: indefinite, definite, and partitive articles.
French indefinite articles are used to refer to a non-specific person, place, or thing. We'll cover when to use "un" and "une" and the rules around gender agreement in French.
Definite articles in French are used to refer to a specific person, place, or thing. We'll explore when to use "le", "la", "les", and the different situations in which each is appropriate.
Finally, we'll discuss partitive articles, which are used to refer to an unspecified quantity of something. We'll cover when to use "du", "de la", and "des", as well as the difference between partitive and indefinite articles.
Whether you're a beginner just starting out with French or a more advanced learner looking to refine your grammar skills, this video has something for you. By the end, you'll have a solid understanding of French articles and be ready to use them with confidence in your French speaking and writing.
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@mainadonaldson Год назад

"You MUST have an article in front of a noun or the sentence will lose its meaning". For some reason this made a lightbulb go on for me, and it will make things like "J'apprend LE francais" easier to remember.

@cyruschang1904 Год назад

It is not true or not always true. For example, you can say either Je parle français or Je parle le français But you must say J'apprendS le français (do not forget the S)

@GorgieClarissa Год назад

@Cyrus Chang so true. I can also said je suis professeure, je suis vegetarianne, je suis étudient. French is fun! Every rule has exceptions! No meaning loss!

@Gary-pe4ce Год назад

@@GorgieClarissa professions are an interesting one. Je suis étudiant. But add an adjective and it becomes Je suis un étudiant paresseux.

@cyruschang1904 Год назад

@@Gary-pe4ce No no, français can be either a noun (= la langue française or a French national if written with a capital F) or an adjective, but never an adverb (look up the word français in a French dictionary if you need verification). The French people often say "il parle un bon français" (he speaks very good French) as a compliment to someone.

@dennisleas8996 10 месяцев назад

"You MUST have an article in front of a noun..." while helpful, is a simplification. Nice, but too simple and I wish instructors (and books) would stop saying this. Based on this rule, I started writing, "Je vois deux les garçons." After all, you MUST have an article in front of a noun. Then I learned about determiners and my life improved. But I had to unlearn this rule.

@grllsgris 7 месяцев назад

Thank you! This explained articles 100x better than my teacher could

@MrYoav5 10 месяцев назад

Can't believe how much I needed this lesson, thank you 🙏

@TanyaLanguageCoaching Год назад

Very useful! Very well explained. And fun to watch.

@connoisseurification Год назад

Awesome teacher to clarify things for English speakers. Now i know those funny two or three letter words when i come across them in my French lessons.

@stephanrichardson98 Год назад

Merci pour le lesson. Vous êtes un bon professeur

@malcolmjamesturner Год назад

Great lessons. Beautiful teacher ❤

@lynndaniel5881 Год назад

I looove this lesson. Thanks for making it clear.

@learnfrenchwithalexa Год назад

Glad you enjoyed it Lynn! :)

@everydayopera9137 10 месяцев назад

Merci beaucoup! Votre chaîne est vraiment fantastique!

@sa21g22g23 Год назад

Merci beaucoup pour cette important et grand leçon du debut et matin de jeudi pour pouvoir comprendre mieux la belle grammaire française

@sa21g22g23 Год назад

Muchas y mil disculpas sise me repitió 2 veces la información ya que se roban mi wifi

@itsmejanny Год назад

Thank you - I needed it explained this way to really get it.

@soyebrahman9500 Год назад

One of the best teacher ever

@faizalhossen2289 Год назад

Melbourne, Australie. Merci pour cette leçon. Tres utile.

@maxwellmhaka329 Год назад

Merci beaucoup Alexa, vous êtes le meilleur.

@kf4670 Год назад

I love the way you explain everything! I went to you over my college professor because he couldn’t explain the difference between “qui” and “que” so that I could understand. Love you!❤

@rasikaaaa1066 11 месяцев назад

Hey there! Here i have something for you "Qui" and "que" are both pronouns in French, but they are used in different ways: - "Qui" is used to refer to people and, less commonly, to animals or things when they are personified. It is used as the subject of a verb or as the object of a preposition. For example: "Qui est-ce qui parle ?" (Who is speaking?) or "La fille qui habite ici" (The girl who lives here). - "Que" is used to refer to people, animals, things, or ideas as the direct object of a verb. It can also be used as the object of a preposition. For example: "J'ai vu la voiture que tu as achetée" (I saw the car that you bought) or "Il parle de ce dont il rêve" (He talks about what he dreams of). In summary, "qui" refers to the subject of a verb or the object of a preposition, while "que" refers to the direct object of a verb or the object of a preposition.

@parveengandharv4789 9 месяцев назад

@mkgmanu 9 месяцев назад

@@rasikaaaa1066hi Rasika I am impressed by your french knowledge 😍 Have you done DELF/DALF higher level? Will you be my friend 😊

@rasikaaaa1066 9 месяцев назад

@@mkgmanu thanks😁 I'm on A1 level,i had the same question,i searched on google...and found so sure

@sunandawadyalkar6808 Год назад

Super explanation...merci beaucoup

@user-qs4dg3mm7o 6 месяцев назад

Thanks. I was having trouble with this since a 2 weeks. Really helped me out

@belleofnewyork9554 Год назад

Great lesson thk you madame. I was always tripping up on these, brings me much clarity.

@learnfrenchwithalexa Год назад

Glad it helped!

@rafadydkiemmacha7543 Год назад

In Polish we use cases for this difference. If you want a cake, you'd use an accusative case: "Chcę ciasto". But if you want some cake, you'd use genitive case and say "Chcę ciasta". This can be confusing for foreigners, as "ciasta" is also just plural for cake in Polish, but in this case (pun!) it's singular in a genitive case.

@onwumerebenjamin2005 10 месяцев назад

You are really a good teacher and explain thanks alot

@noufhalmaeily7981 Год назад

I really needed this lesson

@DingleDingleCasil196 18 дней назад

Thanks for your teachings. You explains the words so clearly. Learned a lot. Stay always safe. Peace on EARTH. Merci.

@PaulRamone356 Год назад

Merci Beaucoup Madam Alexa!

@zuzanapitrunova2107 Год назад

Thank you very much for the video! It was very helpful.

@learnfrenchwithalexa Год назад

Avec plaisir ! ☺️

@bbpete8349 Год назад

merci pour les instructions!

@erikamanik148 Год назад

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@spring6860 5 месяцев назад

Thanks a ton! You have no idea how much of a big help this is to me!

@valeriemac679 Год назад

Thank you for cool lesson❤

@andrewsalmon100 Год назад

Encore une fois, une autre excellente leçon concise qui s'ajoute à mon français. Merci. Au café, je déguste un café avec du gâteau !

@RobloxNPCsad 5 месяцев назад

Merci Madame tomorrow is my French exam😅

@okwuakpunonu Год назад

Merci pour le vidéo. Bon boulot

@desiineurope1011 Год назад

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@jakeplay1107 4 месяца назад

Thank you it was so help full .when my teacher explained the same i didn't understand anything.merci

@ReddShinii_71 Год назад

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@UNEWS_ANIMATIONS Год назад

great lesson.Thanks!!!

@maneeshpardeshi4032 2 месяца назад

Great. Bon travai. Simple and effective

@_1m-fOiV3_h3h3 Год назад

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@shaoqinglihu696 8 месяцев назад

Now I understand where the “du pain” or “du beurre” comes from. Merci beaucoup ❤

@air-wizard 7 месяцев назад

Oi, bravo, I'm satisfied , you explain very well

@karensullivan3 Год назад

Oh wow I finally get it! Thank you

@hiongun Год назад

another french mystery solved. merci.

@skhalanekar Год назад

Thank you Ma'am.

@bisou1018 Год назад

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@user-gx8yl4cq8k 9 месяцев назад

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@nemiaochagabia2898 Год назад

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@bytheway1031 Год назад

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@PokhrajRoy. Год назад

Merci pour le leçon.

@faizalhossen2289 Год назад

Melbourne, Australie. Salut, Pokhraj. On dit: "la leçon".

@nasheemashahbazi6055 10 месяцев назад

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@maureenfrank Год назад

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@the_activefoodie Год назад

Awesome! Thank you so much for clearing this up!

@learnfrenchwithalexa Год назад

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@randileebabcock4u Год назад

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@JuiceDrumandBass 7 месяцев назад

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@DhhSgj-ut1zg 17 дней назад

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@pepchallanga3626 Год назад

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@kguy2know 8 месяцев назад

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@MxMSuff Год назад

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@rinsang2447 Год назад

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@learnfrenchwithalexa Год назад

De rien! ☺️

@vidyavijaykumar7629 Год назад

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@faizalhossen2289 Год назад

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@fedelicskaaria7289 Год назад

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@ahmedzaki2651 Год назад

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@user-py7wp6nw9h 11 месяцев назад

My God, I looked at your very first youtube lesson waaay way back. So changed! Ah...life

@RobloxNPCsad 5 месяцев назад

Merci madam tomorrow is my French exam😅

@zehaohe7579 6 месяцев назад

Great explanation, thank you! But I do have a question: if the indefinite plural is des and also the partitive plural is des, are there any differences in meaning or usage between the two?

@shrriyakallingal9487 6 месяцев назад

well, im no expert in french, but i think it depends upon the context j'ai des crayons (i have some crayons) des in this context is used for saying `some` but, des is also used for saying some in context of indefinite article...their difference would be , des in partitive is used for expressing unknown quantity., and moreover, its used mostly in food items (not always.)

@darkside0094 Месяц назад

I live in France and I once said "Je veux du café" but the waitress understood "Je veux deux café" and so they gave me 2 cups of coffee

@sarahgarcia2850 6 месяцев назад

my son and I are doing a curriculum called The Easy French and he is writing his vocabulary words in French as lists. He wants to know if the article in front of the noun such as, L’animal and L’orange dictate the word's grouping of the word, being a L' word? Or the letter that follows the L' dictate its group, in this case A and O? I hope my question makes sense.

@emmanuellaabang8436 Год назад

So we can use de la when the noun that comes after it is a feminine word, but u can't use de le when the noun is a masculine word....waawuu...tk u ma for this.

@cyruschang1904 Год назад

When le is the definite article => du When le is a pronoun => de le

@emmanuellaabang8436 Год назад

@@cyruschang1904 Can you please give an example....I don't quite get what u mean

@cyruschang1904 Год назад

@@emmanuellaabang8436 In French, le can mean either the masculin definite article "the" or the masculin direct object pronoun (it, him) J'ai du vin => du vin = de + le vin, le = the Il m'a dit de voir ce film (he told me to see this movie) If we replace ce film by a pronoun, we will say Il m'a dit de le voir = he told me to see it Ma mère m'a dit de voir mon père (my mom told me to see my father) Elle m'a dit de le voir = she told me to see him

@argonwheatbelly637 Год назад

Même si ça fait des années, je m'en souviens encore.

@ahmedzaki2651 Год назад

How much I struggled with verb+de...

@eliashansan9809 Год назад

Takk!

@laylaalquadi3492 Год назад

You are super, ❤ vous avez magnifique❤

@faizalhossen2289 Год назад

vous êtes magnifique.

@lovedjamessi7758 Год назад

Vous êtes magnifiques

@saramohee8341 2 месяца назад

Thanks i have french final exam tomorrow 😅

@bryanrajakumar3669 10 месяцев назад

what about de l' used for vowel or silent h noun like de l'eau

@maydaymaria470 Год назад

Is the plural form of indefinitive articles the same as the plural form of partitives? Does it have the same meaning?

@cyruschang1904 Год назад

> => des is always an indefinite article EXCEPT when the noun is always in plural (never in singular). For example: des vacances (vacance does not exist) => here des is a partitive article because you can substitute des by un peu de, it is still correct : un peu de vacances des élèves => here des is an indefinite article because you cannot replace des by un peu de, neither un peu d'élèves or un peu d'élève makes any sense.

@assiassi9115 Год назад

@Cyrus Chang Just to add a precision regarding the word "vacance": it does exist, its use is limited to a position or role that wouldn't be occupied or provided. For example: "la vacance du pouvoir" the state of lacking someone who rules or occupies a leadership position. I hope this helped. 😊

@cyruschang1904 Год назад

@@assiassi9115 YES 👍. It means vacancy, not vacation in English.

@assiassi9115 Год назад

@@cyruschang1904 Right! Same sounding in French but different meaning in English, as in french the meaning of both words refers to the idea of something or someone absent. Cheers!

@cyruschang1904 Год назад

@@assiassi9115 On dirait plutôt que c'est le même mot avec deux significations différentes 😀

@rupalichadda4504 Год назад

I have confusion regarding articles...like de bonnes notes....or des bonnes notes/de nouvelles choses/des nouvelles choses...how to differentiate them...please make a video regarding it

@cyruschang1904 Год назад

If the adjective is between des and the plural noun, des becomes de: des nouvelles de bonnes nouvelles des balades magnifiques de magnifiques balades (magnifique is one of those few adjectives that can go before or after the noun without any change of meaning) EXCEPT when the "adjective + noun" is a fixed term des des

@rupalichadda4504 Год назад

@@cyruschang1904 but we also use des petites choses ...my doubt is why not de petites choses ?

@cyruschang1904 Год назад

@@rupalichadda4504 It should be " de petites choses". This is a grammar rule that more and more people are ignoring.

@rupalichadda4504 Год назад

@@cyruschang1904 I too agree that it should be ' de petites choses,de nouvelles choses' except that when there is conjugation of ' de + les '= des

@shahroozeden8431 26 дней назад

Merci Mama bisous bisous

@ishanbhattacharya8106 Год назад

But "du" and "de la" also refers to "of"

@rafadydkiemmacha7543 Год назад

Yes, they do, but not in the context of "I want".

@dishansachintha536 Год назад

They do also refer to "some,about, from, of, by", but context matters

@abhaypratap802 Год назад

Yes but they aren’t partitive articles in those cases. Just like le, la and les can either be articles or COD depending on the context

@faizalhossen2289 Год назад

Melbourne, Australia. You are right. It will depend on the sentence/context.

@mrocksgamer3162 Год назад

Ma'am you taught 'des' in this video, but 'des ' is present in both partitive and indefinite article.. so how will we know which is being used?

@cyruschang1904 Год назад

@mrocksgamer3162 Год назад

@@cyruschang1904 okay.. thank you 👍

@cyruschang1904 Год назад

@@mrocksgamer3162 I just thought of two instances where des = de les 1) verbal expressions (les locutions verbales) that require DE, such as avoir besoin de, avoir envie de, etc. if you see a sentence with such verbal expression, for example, j'ai besoin des outils qu'il m'a donnés, you know des is "de les" (I need the tools that he gave me) 2) when des means "of the" L'État de New York est un État des États-Unis (de + les États-Unis). The state of New York is a state of the (des) United States of America.

@mrocksgamer3162 Год назад

@@cyruschang1904 okay sir! Thanks for the information... 🙏 Need to learn it by heart so that I can remember.. 😁

@davmarsh 3 месяца назад

you amazing

@chromium7745 Год назад

What about the article “ce”?

@cyruschang1904 Год назад

Ce is not an article. Ce can be a demonstrative pronoun (it): C'est un livre = it is a book C'est une pomme = it is an apple or a demonstrative adjective (this): J'aime ce (♂️) livre : I like this book J'aime cette (♀️) pomme : I like this apple J'aime ces (♂️♀️) livres/pommes : I like these books/apples

@Karmenasmr 11 месяцев назад

So, "Des" can be either indefinite or partitive?

@rajeshkumarsanghai Год назад

I want a cake . I want the cake . I want some cake .

@mael4824 Год назад

Merci meuf, tu es le sang de la veine sa mère

@SimoSimo-wt9he Год назад

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@michaelfisher9267 Год назад

I am wondering about the following: Du jus orange. Du jus d'orange. Du jus de l'orange.

@grouloulle Год назад

Du jus de l'or, Ange.

@Gary-pe4ce 11 месяцев назад

Du jus d'orange = some orange juice When it comes to food items you only use the preposition de if it is the main ingredient, you don't use du or de la between the dish and main ingredient only de or d'.

@millzimatt 4 месяца назад

I really dont want my sister's cake... great lesson tho

@sheesh8803 Год назад

Hi its a great video but can u please explain and help in examples thank u 🥰🥰

@anu_24011 9 месяцев назад

2:43 🗿

@yusufsheriff2392 Год назад

Did you see that 🎉😂😢

@ruthojen Год назад

We need to build you a statue

@learnfrenchwithalexa Год назад

Haha! I wouldn't mind... 😎

@Samsuper-bi6rr 9 месяцев назад

I want the cake of my sister💀

@ansonvinod3598 Месяц назад

Lol😂😂😂😂😂😂

@ridgmont61 Год назад

Why not “Da farine”?

@nasrin7921 Год назад

Don’t think that exists in french…

@jarbincks6715 Год назад

so des= cats/des cats je veux le gateau de ma seour=i want my sister's cake de ma=someone's

@Gary-pe4ce Год назад

Des = some / the(plural) Example 《il y a des beaux gâteau à la boulangerie》 - there are beautiful cakes at the bakery Du = of the / some (unknown quantity which is masculine) 《Je veux du gâteau de ma sœur》 - I want my sister's cake De la = of the / some (unknown quantity that is feminine) 《Il va prendre de la limonade》- He will have lemonade Just be aware that english often neglects the word 'some' french does not.

@jarbincks6715 Год назад

@@Gary-pe4ce Thank you so much for such a thorough explanation!The last bit about french using 'some' is also something I'm going to have to try extra hard to keep in mind as a native english speaker haha

@minandychoi8597 Год назад

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@SisyphusTwo 2 месяца назад

Amazing Alexa.... you speak perfect French .. Want to be my girlfriend. ?

@joelvanderkelen804 Год назад

Very good explanation. The definite article "le" is equivalent to "the"... But "Je veux le gâteau de ma soeur" is translated "I want the cake of my sister" or "my sister's cake". WITHOUT any "The". Congratulations for your good work. A very bad teacher. A Shame.