un, una
Indefinite Articles
Pick un or una by the gender of the noun.
How It Works
The singular indefinite article has two forms.
| Article | Before | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| un | a masculine noun | un cafè (a coffee), un ostal (a house) |
| una | a feminine noun | una cadièra (a chair), una pòrta (a door) |
Un and una also mean one: un fraire can be a brother or one brother. Context tells you which.
For some of something, Occitan uses de or d', as in d'amics (some friends), and never the French des. A later entry explains this. The words unes and unas mean some or certain ones.
The Occitan una is not the French une.
Examples (4)
- un cafè
a coffee
Cafè is masculine, so it takes un.
- una cadièra
a chair
Cadièra is feminine, so it takes una.
- Ai un fraire e una sòrre.
I have a brother and a sister.
Fraire is masculine and sòrre is feminine, though both end in -e.
- Dins l'ostal i a un dròlle e una dròlla.
There is a boy and a girl in the house.
Un goes with dròlle, and una goes with dròlla.
Common Mistakes
Using un with a feminine noun.
un cadièrauna cadièraCadièra is feminine, so it takes una.
How It Connects
Learn This First
Un and una go with masculine and feminine nouns, so the overview of the two genders comes first.
Related Patterns
- lo, laDefinite Articles Singular
The definite article follows the same gender rule.
Level 1 - Gender of Nouns
How to learn the gender of each noun.
Level 1 - un, una / dos, doasOne and Two with Gender
Un and una are also the numbers one.
Level 1 - Partitive de
Some of something takes de.
Level 2 - unes, unasSome and Certain
Unes and unas mean some or certain ones.
Level 3
Learn Next
Patterns that build on this one.
Words in This Pattern
Practice un, una in Bubblegum
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