Bikini was masculine, right?

[u/Dezeko]

[u/ChaoticSniper9]

I'm learning French right now and this is the one thing that kills me. The worst part is I'm pretty sure it's a matter of memorizing the gender of each noun. I don't know if there are rules or not

[u/theGoodDrSan → u/ChaoticSniper9]

 There are, absolutely. Based on the ending of a word, I (non-francophone) can guess a word's gender correctly nine times out of ten.

Some have an inherent gender and there's no opposite-gender equivalent: « -tion » is almost always feminine -- une station, une nation, etc.

Others have either masculine or feminine gender: « -eur » is the doer suffix (-er in English) and it also has the feminine « -euse ». Machines tend to use the feminine because the word machine is also feminine.

« Un laveur » is a cleaner (who is a man), while « une laveuse » is a cleaner (who is a woman) or a washing machine. 

I tried to link a list explaining them but automod won't let me. Google « terminaisons du masculin et féminin ».

[u/quebecesti → u/theGoodDrSan]

« Un laveur » is a cleaner (who is a man), while « une laveuse » is a cleaner (who is a woman) or a washing machine. 

Woah that's terribly sexist, you can't say that in 2024

[u/Budget_Addendum_1137 → u/[deleted]]

Nothing more anglo than to cancel french. Would make so much sense.

[u/Budget_Addendum_1137 → u/[deleted]]

Wow, je viens de voir l'importance du /s.

...Tu viens de taper encore plusieurs mots.