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The indefinite article is used to indicate nouns that are not specified in any special way.
| Est-ce qu'il y a une station de taxis près d’ici? |
| Is there a taxi stand around here? |
| (The speaker is not looking for a particular taxi stand, but is looking for just any taxi stand around.) |
| Pierre achète une baguette. |
| Pierre buys a baguette. |
| (Pierre doesn’t buy a particular one.) |
| Sylvie cherche des cadeaux pour ses nièces. |
| Sylvie is looking for presents for her nieces. |
| (She has no particular presents in mind.) |
Articles indicate the gender of the noun they modify as follows:
MASCULINE
| SINGULAR |
un cadeau |
a gift |
| PLURAL |
des cadeaux |
gifts |
| SINGULAR |
un hôtel |
a hotel |
| PLURAL |
des hôtels |
hotels |
FEMININE
| SINGULAR |
une pomme |
an apple |
| PLURAL |
des pommes |
apples |
| SINGULAR |
une avenue |
an avenue |
| PLURAL |
des avenues |
avenues |
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