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This section contains an exhaustive description of French grammar, aimed at advanced college or university learners, or teachers and other language professionals.

25 Nouns view unit

1 Classes of noun • 2 Gender of nouns • 3 Plural of nouns • 4 Capitalization of nouns

26 Qualificative adjectives view unit

1 Definitions • 2 Agreements • 3 Placement • 4 Adjectival nouns

27 Articles (1) - use of articles view unit

1 Definitions • 2 The definite article (le, la, les) • 3 The indefinite article (un, une, des) • 4 The partitive article (du, de la)

28 Articles (2) - omission of articles view unit

1 After negatives • 2 Before names of professions etc. • 3 Before nouns in apposition • 4 Before preceding adjective • 5 Before noun complements introduced by de or à • 6 After the preposition de • 7 In lists

29 Personal pronouns (1) view unit

1 Definition • 2 Subject pronouns • 3 Object pronouns • 4 Y, en

30 Personal pronouns (2) view unit

1 Order of object pronouns • 2 Le used as a neutral pronoun • 3 Disjunctive or stressed pronouns

31 Possessives view unit

1 Definitions • 2 Possessive adjectives • 3 Possessive pronouns • 4 Other ways of expressing possession

32 Demonstratives view unit

1 Definitions • 2 Demonstrative adjectives • 3 Demonstrative pronouns