In English, when you want to refer to a noun (person, place or thing), you use a definite article : the
In French, when you want to refer to a singular noun, you use a definite article : le for masculine nouns and la for feminine nouns.
In French, when you want to refer to a plural noun, you use for both masculine and feminine nouns the plural definite article les.
In French, before a vowel, le or la becomes l’
- Singular = just 1 – the cat, le chat
- Plural = more than one – the cats, les chats
- Before a vowel – the child, the orange, l’enfant, l’orange
