| A | B |
|---|
| after an expression of quantity | definite article |
| after "aimer mieux" | definite article |
| to translate "the" | definite article |
| after "demander" | partitive article |
| after "mettre' | partitive article |
| for geographical nouns | definite article |
| for parts of the body | definite articles |
| after "boire" | partitive article |
| after "détester" | definite article |
| after "vendre" | partitive article |
| after a negation | DE |
| for names of academic subjects | definite article |
| after "préférer" | definite article |
| after "falloir" | partitive article |
| after "manger" | partitive article |
| for the names of languages | definite article |
| after "donner" | partitive article |
| before a plural adjective | DE |
| after "vouloir" | partitive article |
| to translate the idea of "some" | partitive article |
| after "adorer" | definite article |
| after "acheter" | partitive article |
| after"avoir" | partitive article |
| after "aimer" | definite article |
| after "prendre" | partitive article |
| to indicate a quantity of something | partitive article |
| to generalize abstract subjects | definite article |
| after "admirer" | definite article |
| for non-vount nouns | partitive article |
| for nouns which indicate activities | partitive article |
| to translate the idea of "a" and "an" | indefinite article |
