Nouns: definiteness (a/the) and noun phrases

Learn noun phrases you can actually reuse (not isolated dictionary forms).

Noun phrases

Learn noun phrases as chunks you can reuse in conversation.

Learn nouns with their articles: le/la (the), un/une (a).
Partitive for ‘some’: du/de la/de l’ (Je veux de l'eau).
Adjectives usually follow the noun, but some common ones come before (petit, grand, beau…).
Articles are high frequency — learn nouns together with their article (or marker).
Treat common phrases as single chunks.

la maison

the house (fem.)

le livre

the book (masc.)

du café

some coffee

Je suis ici.

I am here.

Je veux de l'eau.

I want water.

Je ne comprends pas.

I don't understand.

Est-ce que vous parlez anglais ?

Do you speak English? (formal/plural)

Où sont les toilettes ?

Where are the toilets?

C'est mon ami.

This is my friend.

Mini-quiz

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Which sentence matches “the house (fem.)”?