Definite Article in French

Nouns, the words for things, people and abstract objects, are divided into two genders

• Masculine
• Feminine

While a chair does not have a sex, the word for chair, chaise, does have gender: it is feminine. Similarly, a book does not have a sex, but the word for book, livre, has gender: it is masculine.

Le and la are the masculine and feminine forms of the definite article ("the" in English). These will be given to you by the Vocab Builder when you learn each noun, e.g.