Second-language learners are often encouraged to memorize a modifier, usually a definite article, in conjunction with each noun—for example, a learner of French may learn the word for "chair" as (meaning "the chair"); this carries the information that the noun is , and that it is feminine (because is the feminine singular form of the definite article).
Second-language learners are often encouraged to memorize a mo,difier usually a definite article in conjunction with each noun—for example, a learner of French may learn the word for "chair" as (meaning "the chair"); this carries the information that the noun is , and that it is feminine (because is the fe,minine singular form of the definite article).