The seventh rule for using the definite article in French is titles.
When people have a specific title, such as President, Dr. or Prime Minister, you must use La, La
or LA in front of the title if you're talking about them, not if you're talking to them.
For example, le président macron et en anglais, et le président Macron et en anglais.
President Macron is in England.
Will a professor bully a law professor or bully?
Where is Professor Boulet?
So because we're talking about them and using their titles, we have to use the word look in front of
them.
If I were talking to Professor Bully and I said, Hello, Professor Boulis.
Then I would just say something like, Bonjour, Professor Bully, but not bonjour.
Look, Professor Boulis.
So you only use the law when you're talking about them.
Not to them.
Le Docteur Depardieu.
ATC Le Docteur Depardieu.
ATC.
Dr. Depardieu is here.
Monsieur le président.
Mr. President.
Number eight is body parts.
In French you always use the definite article, so la la or LA with body parts.
Whereas in English we tend to use possessive adjectives such as my or your.
For example.
Jim Ross Lydon.
I'm brushing my teeth.
So literally in French you say I'm brushing the teeth.
Your love.
Lay shiver.
Your love lay shiver.
I'm washing my hair.
Marie Le Jean Marie, CLSA.
Le Job.
Marie has hurt her leg.
The reason for this is because in French you tend to use reflexive verbs with body parts.
So the reflexive pronoun already tells you whom the body part belongs to.
So you don't need to say the words for his or her or my or your.
You just say the.
So you use the definite article.
And then number nine is set phrases.
So finally, there are a few set phrases that use the definite article when the equivalent phrase in
English may not use the word the.
So here are some of those set phrases.
Lana Turner.
Lana Turner means last year.
So in French you say the last year.
Lana Down year.
And the same goes for last month or last week.
You always use the word LA in front.
Lanhee Chen.
Means next year and again, the same goes for next month or next week.
You have to put the word low in front.
So Lanhee Chen literally the next year.
Alarmism.
At home.
So your friends, you say at the house or at the home alarmism.
L'école.
At school.
So you say at the school.
Ultraviolet.
At work.
So oh is the contraction of a plus low.
So we get all Trevi at the work, literally.
This next phrase, Ala Maude.
Ala Maude means fashionable or in fashion.
Ala Maude.
So Maude means fashion.
Ala mode in the fashion.
Al a television ala television.
On TV.
Literally on the TV.
Television.
And the same goes for a LA radio.
A la radio.
On the radio.
So those expressions in French you have to use the definite article with.
Whereas in English we don't always.
Sometimes we do, such as on the radio, but other times we don't.
Such as on TV.