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Gender

Nouns in French are either masculine or feminine. Unfortunately there are no simple rules which non-native speakers can use to predict with complete accuracy the gender of a given noun. However, there are some patterns, either in the form or meaning of nouns, which can normally be used to predict the correct gender with greater than chance accuracy. The reader should remember, however, that these patterns are not comprehensive, and that there are exceptions.

Why knowing the gender of a French word is important:

To fully understand how feminine and masculine nouns work in French, please take the following lessons:

Gender of Nouns (all lessons)


Table of Contents

Nouns


Determiners


Personal and impersonal pronouns


Adjectives


Adverbs


Numbers, measurements, time and quantifiers


Verb forms


Verb constructions


Verb and participle agreement


Tense


The subjunctive, modal verbs, exclamatives and imperatives


The infinitive


Prepositions


Question formation


Relative clauses


Negation


Conjunctions and other linking constructions

Videos

Let's Learn French! Grammar: Gender Lindsay Does Languages ...

French Gender and Plural of Nouns - Lesson 1 - YouTube

Gender of French Words: Feminine - YouTube

Why knowing the gender of a French word is important - YouTube

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