Question about French

[LED ZEPPELIN]

what is the difference between l' and le?

i was taking an (online) test and it said that the correct form is le garçon while l'garçon is incorrect.

Since I know English and some other languages I thought that l' was the contraction of le (like we'll is the contraction of we will).

What am I getting wrong here?

 

[The7thHokage]

The vowels.

like an orange and not a orange.

I think there is an extra vowel in french though, im not too sure, my french is pretty weak.

 

[Erebus]

l' is for vowels, le is for males, la is for females, les is plural

It's been a while but i think that's it

 

[narutokage99]

Le is used for masculine words.
L' can be used on feminine and masculine words but the word must starting with vowels like a,e,i also words starting with h...

Exemple: l'école,l'histoire,l'ordre...

 

[LED ZEPPELIN]

Thank you all gentlemen.

 

[Sasuke of the akatsuki]

They both mean 'the' but l' is used infront of nouns that begin with a vowel
le is used for masculine nouns

ex. l'ecole
le poisson