FRST 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Determiner
13 May 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
Determiner
Type
English
equivalent
Meaning
le, la, les
Definite article
the
the thing designated is
known to you (le chat)
un, une,
des
Indefinite article
a or possibly
no marker,
as in cats
the thing designated is
new to you (un chat)
ce, cette,
ces
Demonstrative
adjective
this, these
the thing designated is
being pointed out (ce
chat)
mon, ma,
mes
First person
singular
possessive
adjective
my
the thing designated is in
some relation to the
speaker (mon chat)
ton, ta, tes
Second person
singular
possessive
adjective
your
the thing designated is in
some relation to the
person being spoken to
(ton chat)
son, sa,
ses
Third person
singular
possessive
adjective
his, her
the thing designated is in
some relation to
someone or something
other than the speaker
or addressee (son chat)
• in French, some proper nouns are written without an article, like
o the names of people (Pierre, Napoléon)
o cities (Paris, Kingston)
• While, some are preceded by a determiner, as in le Canada, la
France, l'Ontario
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