Articles

definite articles (specific nouns like a man named Albert Enstein)

le, la, les

indefinite articles (any noun that has a/an and some before it, and the listener doesn’t know which item is being referred to)

un, une, des

partitive articles (quantities that can’t be counted, like saying “I want some water”)

du, de la, de l’, des

demonstrative articles (used when the form is changed depending on the gender/number of the noun they modify)

ce(t), cette, ces