the indefinite article
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In the center diamond, write:. The Indefinite Article. Bleu, Unit 4, Lesson 10. What are the indefinite articles?. In the top, left box write:. masculine un un crayon . feminine une une radio. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
The Indefinite Article
Bleu, Unit 4, Lesson 10
In the center diamond, write:
What are the indefinite articles?In the top, left box write:
masculine un
un crayon
feminine une
une radio
plural des
des cahiers
But what does it all mean?Write this in the top, right box:
The indefinite article means:
un, une – a or an
un crayon – a pencil
une radio – a radio
des – some
des cahiers – (some) notebooks
des chats – (some) cats
Do I have to use the indefinite article?Write this in the lower, left box
In French, a noun always has some sort of article or number in front of it. (It’s not like this in English.)
Compare:
I have dogs. (no article)
J’ai des chiens. ( same sentence as above, but it has to have that article!)
Things change when the sentence is negative!
Write this in the bottom, right box:
If a sentence is negative (aka ne…pas),
the un, the une or the des change to
DE (d’)
This only happens with the indefinite article!!!!!
Examples of negative
+ J’ai une voiture.
- Je n’ai pas de voiture.
+ Vous avez des ordinateur.
- Vous n’avez pas d’ordinateur.
+ Tu as une moto.
- Tu n’as pas de moto.