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👨 Masculine or feminine 👩?
In French, all nouns are either masculine or feminine, even if they refer to inanimate objects. The adjective should match with the gender. There is no real logic to the gender of nouns. You just have to learn them! So Spanish words does not need to match in French. However, there are a few indicators that can help you out. - doux f. douce
Masculine endings 👨
We can also identify a noun's gender by looking at patterns in word endings.
Here are some common ones to help you out. Nouns with the following endings are generally masculine:
-é
-c
-eau
-ou
-al
-ment
-teur
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le marché (the market)
le lac, le sac
le bateau (the boat)
le trou (the hole)
le journal (the newspaper)
le gouvernement (the government)
l'ordinateur (masculine)
Feminine endings 👩
Nouns with the following endings are generally feminine:
-ée
-ice
-on
-té
-tion
-ure
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l'idée (the idea)
la police (the police)
la maison (the house)
la santé (the health)
la conversation (the conversation)
la nature (the nature)
Nouns ending in "-ion" are usually feminine, but there are exceptions like "un avion" (a plane).
Nouns ending in "-e" are usually feminine, but there are exceptions like "un lycée" (a high school). valise
1 The most form is by adding an e after the male adjective sometimes the extra e changes the sound a little, so listen carefully, the adjectives which finish in e keep the rules as well.
All countries ending with -e are feminine and all countries ending with a different vowel or a consonant are masculine.
Adjectives that ends in EN the femenine is form by adding ne at the en of the word. As well as some ening on ON
The adjectives ending in NEL the femenine is form by ading LE at the end of the word.
The adjectives ending in ER become in ére to form the femenine.
The adjectives ending in EUX become in EUSE to form the femenine.
The adjectives ending in teur sometimes they use trice and other times teuse.
The adjectives ending in F, the f is change to ve
The adjectives ending in C, the C become into QUE
Irregular. Some Adjectives change complete and does not have something to fo with the male or female to modify it.
Some nouns refers to both males and female. To specify the animal’s biological gender, add the word mâle (male) or femelle (female) before or after the noun.
le long - la longue
le faux - la fausse
doux - douce
frais - fraîche
There are also some plurals that are irregulare like this ones
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