From the course: French for Absolute Beginners

Talking about art

From the course: French for Absolute Beginners

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Talking about art

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Newbies, here's lesson six. In today's lesson, Robert and Julie are at the Rodin Museum, and they're talking about the statues in the museum. By now, Julie and Robert are friends, so they'll use informal French. Oh, magnifique! Merci! Non, pas toi, elle, elle est magnifique. Hein? Le baiser, la statue de Rodin. Now let's try that with the English. Oh, magnifique! Wow, gorgeous! Merci! Thank you! Non, pas toi, elle est magnifique. No, not you, she is gorgeous. Hein? Le baiser, la statue de Rodin. The kiss, Rodin's statue. Magnifique! Gorgeous! Ma-ni-fi-que, magnifique. Next word, please, Céline? Merci! Thank you! Merci! Merci! Next word? Baiser. Kiss. Baiser. Baiser. Next word? Statue. Statue. Sta-tu. Statue. So, guys, in the previous lesson, we talked about articles. Let's have another look at this grammar point. There are two types of articles in French, as well as in English. Definite articles and indefinite articles. Each type of article has its own function. The indefinite articles are used in front of nouns referring to things or persons in general. When a thing or person is named for the first time, indefinite articles are used. Then, when speakers are referring to the same thing or person again, definite articles are used. Can we see some examples of this? Céline, why don't you start? Okay. C'est un musée parisien. It's a Parisian museum. Okay. So, you see un musée. Un musée. It's the indefinite article. Dans le musée. In the museum. Il y a une boutique de souvenirs. There's a souvenir shop. So, see? Le musée. The museum. Definite article. Une boutique de souvenirs. A souvenir shop. Une. Indefinite article. Yeah? So, Sylvain, an example? About the Louvre? Yeah, yeah, that's a good example. The Louvre. We never say a Louvre. Because there's only one Louvre. Bien sûr, of course. Donc, Sylvain, un exemple? Sylvain, another example? Il y a un micro devant moi. Un micro. There's a microphone in front of me. Le micro est neuf. The microphone is new. Then, in the first sentence, I used un micro. A microphone. An article indefinite. Indefinite article. Indefinite article. And in the second sentence, I used le micro. The microphone. Definite article. Okay, yeah, you said le micro, the mic, because you just, we know about the mic, right? He has been. Because you were talking about this microphone before. It has been introduced. Introduced.

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