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La France a eu ses Bourbons et ses Bonapartes. France has had her Bourbons and her Bonapartes. |
Les Stuarts ont succédé aux Tudors. The Stuarts succeeded the Tudors. |
§ 10. The Article.
1. The French for the is le (masculine) and la (feminine), singular; for the plural of both genders it is les, as:
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le père, the father. |
la mère, the mother. |
les frères, the brothers. |
2. Before words beginning with a vowel or silent h the e of le and a of la are dropped, as:
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l'enfant, the child. |
l'ami, the friend. |
l'habit, the dress. |
§ 11. Schemes of Declensions.
1. Before a consonant:
Singular.