In French, every object has a gender: **Masculine** or **Feminine**. Mastering the articles (the, a, some) is the key to building sentences.
le livre (the book)
la table (the table)
les amis (the friends)
un garçon (a boy)
une fille (a girl)
des enfants (some children)
Use these for **uncountable** things (like food or concepts) to mean "some".
du pain (some bread)
de la soupe (some soup)