French uses un before a masculine singular noun and une before a feminine singular noun. Both often translate to “a” or “an” in English.
Learn the pair together
| French | English |
|---|---|
| un café | a café / a coffee |
| un film | a film |
| un concert | a concert |
| une idée | an idea |
Learn une idée as a pair, rather than learning idée alone. The article gives you information you will use again when building sentences.
Try it yourself
Complete these phrases with un or une:
- ___ film
- ___ idée
- ___ concert
The answers are un film, une idée, and un concert.
Meet them in a story
Read a French story about Flight MH370 and notice which nouns follow un. The point is to recognize the pattern while still following the story.