4.2.2

Proper Nouns

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Proper Nouns

Proper nouns are names of specific people, places or things. In English, proper nouns always start with a capital letter. Most of these also begin with a capital letter in French.

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Countries

  • Countries begin with a capital letter in French.
    • la France - France
    • le Royaume-Uni - The United Kingdom
    • l‘Espagne - Spain
    • l’Inde - India
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Names

  • People’s first names and second names begin with a capital letter in French.
    • Emmanuel Macron (the French president)
    • Julien Doré (a French singer)
    • Amandine Henry (captain of the French ladies’ football team)
    • Louise Bourgeois (a French artist)
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Towns and cities

  • Towns and cities begin with a capital letter in French.
    • Paris (the capital of France)
    • Marseille (a city in the south of France)
    • Londres (this is French for London)

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