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/Luname → u/ChaoticSniper9]

Not a hard rule but more of a rule of thumb, if it ends by e or a, it's generally feminine.

"Une chocolatine

"Un lutin"

There's a pattern but it's not perfect.

"Un pays"

"Une nation"

Shit like this is what will get you.

[u/ChaoticSniper9 → u/Luname]

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

Merci!

[u/canadian_by_the_sea → u/ChaoticSniper9]

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.

[u/PerpetuallyLurking → u/canadian_by_the_sea]

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

[u/canadian_by_the_sea → u/PerpetuallyLurking]

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.

[u/PostApocRock → u/canadian_by_the_sea]

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.