Indefinite articles (a, an) in French

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Indefinite articles (a, an)

The indefinite articles – un (a, an), une (a, an) and des (some) – are chosen according to the noun that comes after them.

Noun
Article
♂
UN
un garçon (a boy), un avion (a plane)
♀
UNE
une fille (a girl), une heure (an hour)
♂♂ / ♀♀
DES
des avions (some planes), des heures (several hours)

Note: in the negative form, we replace un/une/des by de (or d’).

I have a car → I don't have a car.

I have some friends → I don't have any friends.


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