French indefinite articles: le/la/la
Indefinite articles are the words for “a” and “an”
The words “a” and “an” are called indefinite articles, and in French, there are two different words. There’s a masculine and a feminine version.
Masculine: un
Feminine: une
The version you use depends on whether the noun it goes in front of is a masculine or a feminine noun. This is called the “gender” of the noun.
You always put the word “un” in front of nouns that are masculine, and the word “une” goes in front of nouns that are feminine. The best way to know whether a noun is masculine or feminine is simple to learn its gender when you first learn the word; that way, you’ll always know that “restaurant” is masculine, but “table” is feminine in French.
Masculine nouns
un café —a coffee
un thé —a tea
un restaurant — a restaurant
un garçon — a boy
Feminine nouns
une table — a table
une réservation — a reservation
une dinde — a turkey
une fille — a girl
