French Articles and Nouns Overview

This is the French Articles and Nouns Overview.

The French articles and nouns are ordered according to the CEFR level scale.

What Are Articles and Noun?

Articles are words that determine whether a noun is specific or unspecific. The specific articles is “the”, and the unspecific articles are “a/an”.

In the sentence “The pizza is delicious.”, you are referring to a specific pizza.

In the the sentence “I could go for a pizza.”, you are referring to an unspecific pizza. 

Nouns are people, animals, plants, and things. Or to put it simply, any word where you can put “the” in front of is a noun.

Learning Path

In A0/A1 you will learn the fundamentals of French articles and nouns. 

In A1 you will learn about the beginner’s principles of French articles and nouns

In A2 you will learn about the elementary principles of French articles and nouns

In B1 you will learn about the intermediate principles of French articles and nouns.

In B2 you will learn about the upper intermediate principles of French articles and nouns

French a0/a1: Introduction to french

Articles: How to say ‘the’

[le/la/l’]

Articles: How to say ‘a’

[un/une]

Articles: Plural form of ‘the’ and ‘a’

[les/des]

French a1: Articles and nouns

du, de la, de l’, des

[how to say ‘some’]

au, aux, du, des

[how to contract articles]

Identifying the gender of nouns

Body parts need articles (le, la, les)

French a2: Articles and nouns

Pluralize -ou nouns

French B1: Articles and nouns

des becomes de/d’ when in front of adjectives that precede plural nouns

French B2: Articles and nouns

Comparisons with Nouns