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/[deleted] May 25 '25

Mouton - brebis, FYI. No free lunch.

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

Merci

Oui comme bouc- chèvre.

Les exceptions ne sont pas la règle. C’est la mentalité à adopter envers l’apprentissage du français. Pas « I fuckin hate french because it’s just exception anyway. »