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How to say 'a', 'an' or 'one'


Un carnet et un plan, s'il vous plaît
Une entrée adulte, s'il vous plaît


  • The words un and une have two meanings in French. They can be used as numbers, meaning 'one'. They can also be used with the meaning of 'a/an'.


  • Un always goes with masculine words, whereas une goes with feminine ones.


  • To say 'some' or to state an unspecified amount des is used followed by the plural.


  • To make a word plural, you add an -s, but usually this isn't pronounced.
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un étage
une entrée
  one floor
one entrance


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un taxi
un homme
une rue
une femme
  a taxi
a man
a street
a woman
 
 

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