Deux Napoléon ont régné en France.
_Two Napoleons have reigned in France._
Les deux Corneille sont nés à Rouen.
_The two Corneilles were born at Rouen._
2. When, however, we speak of famous men as a class, then the plural
form is used, as:
La France a eu ses Bourbons et ses Bonapartes.
_France has had her Bourbons and her Bonapartes._
Les Stuarts ont succédé aux Tudors.
_The Stuarts succeeded the Tudors._
§ 10. THE ARTICLE.
1. The French for _the_ is _le_ (masculine) and _la_ (feminine),
singular; for the plural of both genders it is _les_, as:
le père, _the father_.
la mère, _the mother_.
les frères, _the brothers_.
2. Before words beginning with a vowel or silent _h_ the _e_ of _le_ and
_a_ of _la_ are dropped, as:
l'enfant, _the child_.
l'ami, _the friend_.
l'habit, _the dress_.
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§ 11. SCHEMES OF DECLENSIONS.