Should I learn French words with or without articles?
January 29, 2009 by admin
I’ve just started to learn French and I’m wondering whether I should or shouldnt learn the words with articles (for example le detective or just detective). Thanks for your help!
By the way, do you know any interesting websites that could help me to start?
I would definitely say "with".
It's easier to start like that, you'll make fewer mistakes. Plus it affects adjectives, so basically if you make one mistake with the gender you can actually end up making several more!
The only time I would say you could neglect it and MAYBE get away with it is if you are speaking, as even natives sometimes make mistakes here. Obviously this isn't an excuse to not learn them, thats not what I'm saying.
Once you get to a fairly high standard you will need to learn them less and it will become more obvious due to how the word sounds, and what it looks like written down. For example, you will start be able to fill in gaps such as ____ beau garçon, ____ petits enfants, ______mère de Sophie etc. to give you some easy examples.
When you get good you can learn some 'rules', i.e. MOST words ending in e, ion, are feminine.
This is only when you have a good grasp of French though, its better to start out with the basics and there are ALWAYS exceptions to the rules where the French language is concerned!!
Good luck.
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Definitely WITH the article – it will help you remember the gender.
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Learn them with the article.
If you have difficulty in remembering whether it is “le” or “la”, learn them with a suitable adjective — e.g.”le beau garçon” or “la belle fille” (not that you’d forget either of those examples!)
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Definitely with. Once you get more into the language it will help a lot since gender affects pronunciation and spelling of other words. After a while saying le or la will become second nature.
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WITH because how else will you know if it's masculin (i.e. Le magasin) or feminine (i.e. La boutique)
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have spoken french my whole life
I would definitely say "with".
It's easier to start like that, you'll make fewer mistakes. Plus it affects adjectives, so basically if you make one mistake with the gender you can actually end up making several more!
The only time I would say you could neglect it and MAYBE get away with it is if you are speaking, as even natives sometimes make mistakes here. Obviously this isn't an excuse to not learn them, thats not what I'm saying.
Once you get to a fairly high standard you will need to learn them less and it will become more obvious due to how the word sounds, and what it looks like written down. For example, you will start be able to fill in gaps such as ____ beau garçon, ____ petits enfants, ______mère de Sophie etc. to give you some easy examples.
When you get good you can learn some 'rules', i.e. MOST words ending in e, ion, are feminine.
This is only when you have a good grasp of French though, its better to start out with the basics and there are ALWAYS exceptions to the rules where the French language is concerned!!
Good luck.
Jeez people – I wish you'd read my answer before leaving a negative rating…I challenge you to point out a good reason for the thumbs down! What of the above isn't true?
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WITH for God’s sake! It will help you so much in remembering if a word is masculine or feminine.
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