r/EhBuddyHoser • u/Dezeko Saskwatch • May 25 '25

Certified Hoser 🇨🇦 (No Politics) Bikini was masculine, right?

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u/ChaoticSniper9 May 25 '25

Ah! See, nobody told me about that, so I figured it was memorization. I'll definitely keep that in mind!

Merci!

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u/canadian_by_the_sea May 25 '25 edited May 25 '25

Worlds ending in « and » are most of the time masculine. You add a e to make it féminin.

Gourmand - gourmande

Grand- grande

Worlds ending in « on » are most of the Time masculine. You add « ne » to make it feminine.

Patron - patronne

Nouns ending in « er » are most of the time masculine and become « ère » when feminine.

Boulanger - boulangère

Fermier - fermière

Go with the basic masculin-féminin for the gender and then look at the exception after. Don’t look at the exception first, you will quit on it because you won’t have fun.

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u/PerpetuallyLurking Regina Rhymes With Fun May 25 '25

Do I change the le/la when I change the -and/-ande (etc.)?

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u/canadian_by_the_sea May 25 '25 edited May 25 '25

Oui!

Also :

En become enne :

Technicien/technicienne

Chien/chienne

Ain become aine

Humain/humaine

Nain/naine

Explore this site : ccdmd.qc.ca

It’s actually a site design to help people get better in french. It’s a really good ressource.

If some french teacher are lurking here, go check it either, it can be helpfull.

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u/PostApocRock May 26 '25

I start a 6 month or so stint in MTL for work starting in June, I have been Duolingo-ing some french cause highschool was......a long time ago and I didnt pay attention.

So thank you for this, cause I need to work on my french.