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In French, there are words that sound the same but have different meanings, different spellings, and different genres:
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Consider broadening your understanding by checking out these related lessons: Possessive determiners, Omission of the article, Agreement of past participles with direct objects placed before in relative clauses & Use of the definite article with superlatives.
Nouns which have the same spoken form but two different written forms[edit | edit source]
Masculine | Feminine | ||||||
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French | English | French | English | French | English | French | English |
un cal | a callus | une cale | a wedge | ||||
un faîte | a summit | une fête | a party | ||||
le foie | the liver | la foi | the faith | ||||
le maire | the mayor | la mer | the sea | une mère | a mother | ||
un pet | a fart | la paie | the pay | la paix | peace | ||
le poids | weight | un pois | a pea | la poix | pitch | ||
un rai | a ray of light | une raie | a parting (in hair) or a skate (fish) | ||||
le sel | salt | une selle | a saddle | ||||
le sol | earth | une sole | a sole (fish) | ||||
un tic | a tic (nervous) | une tique | a tick (insect) | ||||
le vice | vice (crime) | une vis | a screw |
Gender of Nouns (all lessons)[edit source]
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Other Lessons[edit | edit source]
- Position of subject pronouns
- Mass nouns used countably
- Verbs which take noun + adjective or noun + noun complements
- tard versus en retard
- Position of object pronouns with voici and voilà
- Years
- Simple arithmetic (le calcul)
- Gender of compound nouns
- ensuite VS puis
- "de" when an adjective precedes the noun
- Stressed pronouns with même, aussi, seul, autres, tous and numerals
- Confusions English and French direct object
- Definite article
- How to use falloir
- Position of object pronouns with faire, laisser, envoyer or verbs of perception + infinitive