La pomme. The apple. Les pommes. The apples. La librairie. The bookstore. Les librairies. The bookstores. Le jeu. The game. Les jeux. The games. The hotel. The hotels. This means that almost everything new you learn in French will be subject to the following questions: Is it a female group of words? Is it a male group of words? Is it singular or plural? The sun rises in the east. The dog and cat get along well. I bought the pens and pencils you like.
Water is essential to life. I like onions but not garlic. Les professeurs travaillent beaucoup. Teachers work a lot. Ecology is an important subject. Spinach costs 2 euros per kilo. How much do grams of olives cost? How much do olives cost per grams? France is part of Europe. I visited India and China. I bought the reddest tomatoes. Thomas is the least studious student.
My parents live in Menton, what about yours? For example, pare-brise ends in the normally feminine ending -ise , but is of the form verb-noun so is masculine. The words trompette and clarinette have a feminine ending, but when used to denote a person 'trumpet player' or 'clarinette player' , they are masculine. Further reading Correct Your French Blunders.
The chapter on Nouns pp. Comprehensive French Grammar. See sections 47 onwards pages 34 onwards for a comprehensive list of rules determining gender plus a comprehensive list of examples and exceptions for each rule. Note that in some cases, a number of Price's are covered by a single rule in the table above. Le ou La? Surridge, See this book for a thorough treatment of the subject of noun gender in French, with practical advice from a teaching and learning point of view.
French grammar index French-English dictionary English-French dictionary. Difficulties 'le' or 'la'? How do you use 'en'? Subject or object? Negatives: missing out the 'ne' What is the subjunctive? Imperfect tense Imperfect tense: exercises Future tense Future tense: semi-regular forms Conditional Perfect tense Pluperfect tense Past participles Past participle agreements Questions The negative Missing out the 'ne' -eler and -eter verbs Irregular verbs: most common Irregular verbs: how to form Verbs like 'dormir' Subjunctive: introduction Subjunctive: when to use Pronunciation of the future tense The past historic Hints on French verb forms Translating phrasal verbs Modal verbs: 'can' Adverbs Introduction How to form French adverbs Difficult adverbs Prepositions or adverbs?
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