![]() Our suggestion is to focus on the sound or pronunciation of each ending as this will give a hint of the noun’s gender. However, as time goes by, you’ll come to develop an innate sense or feeling of which nouns are masculine and which nouns are feminine. It is impossible to learn the genders of all nouns in one sitting. This page will provide a breakdown of all the typical endings for both masculine and feminine nouns. The best way to learn the gender of French nouns is to focus on the sounds and spelling patterns of teh endings words. However, unlike Spanish, where feminine noun almost always end in -a, nouns ending in -e in French are not necessarily feminine. Feminine nous in French often end in the letter -e. Unfortunately, there’s no hard and fast way to simply master noun gender rules in French. The goal of this page is to help students master the gender of French nouns. All French nouns have a gender (masculine or feminine) and take the direct articles le and la or indirect articles un and une. One of the most difficult aspects of learning French is learn the gender rules for nouns. This section includes content derived from Liberté, originally released under CC BY-NC-SA, and Tex’s French Grammar, originally released under CC BY 3.0.Guide to knowing the gender (masculine vs. Rewrite each definite article-noun pairing below using the correct indefinite article. Indefinite Articles Genderĭon’t forget that to write the plural form of most singular nouns, you add an s to the end of the word. Just like the definite article, the indefinite article has different forms for masculine, feminine, and plural. ![]() These correspond to the English a (an) (singular) and some (plural). The second type of articles in French are indefinite articles. An asterisk (*) indicates the plural form of the noun. Note that the gender is specified in the brackets with an (m) for masculine and an (f) for feminine. Rewrite the following nouns using its proper definite article based on the noun’s gender and number. Keep in mind that there are exceptions and that not all nouns follow the rules above. Example: le bijou/les bijoux (the jewel/the jewels) Nouns ending in eu, eau or ou in the singular add x in the plural.Example: l’animal/les animaux (the animal/the animals) Nouns ending in al, ail, or au in the singular end in aux in the plural.Example: la souris/les souris (the mouse/the mice) Nouns ending in s, x, or z do not change in the plural.Example: la chaise/les chaises (the chair/the chairs) Generally, to form plurals, you can follow these rules: In spoken language, the article is often the only indication that a noun is singular or plural. Note, however, that the s is not pronounced. ![]() Exercice 1 : Definite Articlesīased on the definite article that appears in front of each noun below, indicate whether the noun is masculine or feminine, or whether you don’t know.Īs in English, the plural is generally formed by adding an s to the end of the singular form of the noun. This additional sound linking two words is called liaison. When les is followed by a word starting with a vowel, the normally silent final s of les is pronounced, making a /z/ sound. In the examples above, note that le and la both become l’ when they come before a noun beginning with a vowel or a silent h: l’homme, l’université. ![]()
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