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Grammaire: Les déterminants (Introduction)
Determiners (Introduction)
1. Overview
A determiner is a word that determines or qualifies the meaning of a noun by expressing such concepts as quantity or definiteness.
There is never more than one determiner per noun and it is always placed before the noun.
Determiners always agree in gender and number with the nouns they modify.
In this next lesson, you will learn a particular type of determiner: definite articles.
2. Exceptions
Some nouns do not require determiners:
Professions
| Tex est Ø étudiant. Édouard est Ø professeur. |
Tex is an student. Édouard is a professor. |
Cities
| Tex habite à Ø Austin, mais il préfère Ø Paris. |
Tex lives in Austin, but he prefers Paris. |
Months
| Tex adore Ø septembre à Austin. | Tex adores September in Austin. |
Days of the week (to indicate a specific day)
| Ø Lundi, il a rendez-vous avec Tammy. | Monday he has a date with Tammy. |
