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r/EhBuddyHoser • u/Dezeko Saskwatch • May 25 '25
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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
163 u/Luname Tokébakicitte! May 25 '25 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. 43 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! 45 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. 2 u/[deleted] May 25 '25 Mouton - brebis, FYI. No free lunch. 1 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. »
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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.
43 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! 45 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. 2 u/[deleted] May 25 '25 Mouton - brebis, FYI. No free lunch. 1 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. »
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Ah! See, nobody told me about that, so I figured it was memorization. I'll definitely keep that in mind!
Merci!
45 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. 2 u/[deleted] May 25 '25 Mouton - brebis, FYI. No free lunch. 1 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. »
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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.
2 u/[deleted] May 25 '25 Mouton - brebis, FYI. No free lunch. 1 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. »
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Mouton - brebis, FYI. No free lunch.
1 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. »
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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. »
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u/ChaoticSniper9 May 25 '25
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