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If English uses one "the" for a book, a table, or many books, what changes in French? French has four choices: gender, number, and first sound decide. For one classroom book, le livre: LE goes with a masculine singular noun. For one table, la table: LA goes with a feminine singular noun. Masculine and feminine are grammar labels for nouns, not descriptions of the things themselves. The English stays "the," but French changes the article for each noun. For a singular noun beginning with a vowel or silent h, use L', whatever its gender: l'ecole, the school. For plural classroom things, use LES, whether masculine or feminine: les livres, the books. So which French "the" fits? With classroom things, choose LE for masculine singular, LA for feminine singular, L' before a singular vowel or silent h, and LES for plural.