You Try It

As you’ve learned, all French nouns have grammatical gender-- even inanimate objects. Knowing the gender of a noun helps you decide which version of the to use-- le or la.

_{How cute are le chat and le chien?
Trop mignon.}

If the noun starts with a vowel or a silent h, you use l’, regardless of the gender of the noun.

_{Do you think l’étudiante is studying her French
vocabulary?}

Throughout this lesson, you’ve been learning how definite articles work in French and how to choose which one to use based on the gender of the noun. In the following activity, you can check to see how well you understand this lesson. Read each sentence and choose the definite article that fills in the blank.