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ridwan
french gender help!! 1) why sometimes i saw the nouns out of the rule? exm: Il veut "une" pomme : he wants an apple why "une" is use? why not "un" because it is gendre of male? 2) if the noun doesn't have any gender, what should I use? exm: -tongue -language -house please help me..
Aug 16, 2008 5:59 AM
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tongue = une tongue (Des tongues) language = un langage (le français, l'anglais, le chinois, ...) :)
August 23, 2008
Hi Ridwan , Many words in french follow the gender logic , so words like ( homme, garcon , pere etc ) being masculine will have the "le / un " as definite and indefinite articles. On the other hand words like ( femme, fille , mere ,soeur etc ) will have the "la /une" as articles . But this rule does not apply to all things such as in the "pomme" example. You can't simply compare with another language like English and say it is masculine in that language so it should be in french .That rule does not apply! You will have to learn many article genders by heart , use and practice without any logic behind them It is a matter of practice :)
August 16, 2008
You mean aplple is male in english? In french, "pomme" is female (féminin), so "la pomme, une pomme" Again, do they have no gender in english? tongue = une langue language = une langue house= une maison
August 16, 2008
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