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Il y a
Il y a can mean both there is and there are.
Il y a une fleur blanche.There is a white flower.
Il y a trois voisins.There are three neighbors.
Un, une, and des
Un and Une become des when you are talking about more than one thing. In English, we say a cat or simply cats, but in French it’s necessary to say des chats.
un arbrea tree
des arbrestrees
une lettrea letter
des lettresletters
French Sounds
Remember that French vowel sounds are sometimes spelled with multiple letters!
ailletravaille, Versailles
as in “eye”
as in “eye”