What is it? Naming belongings with 'un' and 'une' | French

Starter quiz

Which of these words are nouns?
- universe ✓
- blue
- big
- jungle ✓
- banana ✓
True or false? The sounds [an] and [en] in French are the same.
- True ✓
- False
Match each vowel sound to the correct word and practise its pronunciation.
- [a]
  
  ⇔
  
  banane ✓
- [e]
  
  ⇔
  
  je ✓
- [i]
  
  ⇔
  
  midi ✓
- [o]
  
  ⇔
  
  moto ✓
- [u]
  
  ⇔
  
  univers ✓
Match each of these pronouns to the correct version of the verb 'être': 'to be, being'.
- je
  
  ⇔
  
  suis ✓
- tu
  
  ⇔
  
  es ✓
- il, elle
  
  ⇔
  
  est ✓
Which of the following nouns have a silent-final consonant?
- salut ✓
- présent ✓
- présente
- triste
- grand ✓
In French, adjectives have to ______ with the gender of the person they are describing. For example, 'Il est grand, elle est grande'.
- 'agree' ✓

Exit quiz

How many ways are there to say 'a/an' in French?
- one
- two ✓
- three
What does 'un' mean in English?
- the number 'one/1' ✓
- the
- a/an ✓
All French nouns are either masculine or ______.
- 'feminine' ✓
True or false? 'Un' and 'une' make the same sounds in French.
- True
- False ✓
Match each of these English words to the correct French translations.
- a bag
  
  ⇔
  
  un sac ✓
- a bottle
  
  ⇔
  
  une bouteille ✓
- a pen
  
  ⇔
  
  un stylo ✓
- a cuddly toy
  
  ⇔
  
  une peluche ✓
- an orange
  
  ⇔
  
  une orange ✓
- a game
  
  ⇔
  
  un jeu ✓
'Stylo', 'cahier', 'jeu', 'sac' and 'ballon' are examples of ______ nouns.
- 'masculine' ✓

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Lesson Details

Key learning points

The sound-symbol correspondence [un] is a nasal vowel sound; ‘un’ means 'a/an' and number one in French.
All nouns have grammatical gender, masculine or feminine.
The masculine word for 'a/an' is 'un', the feminine word is 'une'; these determiners are called indefinite articles.

Common misconception

Grammatical gender is the same as biological gender. If a word is feminine we think of it as female, if it is masculine we think of it as male.

Grammatical gender is not the same as biological gender. All French nouns are either masculine or feminine, whether they name people, places or things.

Keywords

[un] - sound-symbol correspondence
Indefinite articles - the two words 'un' and 'une' meaning 'a/an'
Grammatical gender - a way to categorise nouns as masculine or feminine