Tham khảo tài liệu 'french sentence builder – part 5', ngoại ngữ, nhật - pháp - hoa- others phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | Using nouns Nouns are used to name persons animals places things and abstract ideas. A noun is the nucleus of a noun phrase which may include an article and one or several adjectives. article noun adjective un ciel magnifique Aujourd hui il y a un ciel Today there is a magnificent magnifique. sky. In this sentence the noun phrase un ciel magnifique includes the article un the noun ciel and the adjective magnifique describing the sky. Types of nouns There are many different types of nouns such as proper common concrete abstract countable noncountable and collective nouns. Proper and common nouns Proper nouns are capitalized and used for names of specific places animals and people. Any other noun is considered a common noun and is not capitalized. La Seine traverse la ville de Paris. The Seine River crosses the city of Paris. This sentence includes the proper nouns Seine and Paris as well as the concrete noun ville. La beauté est une perception. Beauty is a perception. This sentence includes two abstract nouns beauté and perception. L or brille. Gold shines. This sentence includes the noun or a noncountable entity. L armée est discipline. The army is disciplined. This sentence includes the collective noun armée. Except for names of cities French nouns are generally preceded by a masculine feminine or plural article. Remember that you must be able to identify nouns such as l image or l arbre which are contracted with the definite articles because they start with a vowel sound as masculine m. or feminine f. in order to make the adjective describing that noun agree in gender and number with it. 102 1 arbre m. the tree un grand arbre a big tree 1 image f. the picture une jolie image a pretty picture Also remember to use the contractions of the preposition à or the preposition de with the articles le and les whenever appropriate. à le au à les aux de le du de les des Je vais au tableau. Ils reviennent du parc. I am going to the board. They are coming back from the park. .
