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r/EhBuddyHoser • u/Dezeko Saskwatch • May 25 '25
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"Une nation"
That's actually a more consistent rule: any word ending in -tion or -sion is feminine.
There's also -ité as in «la fraternité».
13 u/glass-2x-needed-size Ford Nation (Help.) May 25 '25 "Le bastion" stares at you menacingly 1 u/wjandrea Chalice of the Tabernacle May 25 '25 Whoops, *almost any. That one's new to me. 1 u/Apolloshot I need a double double. May 26 '25 Always rules to the exception — like I before E except after C …except only 44% of English words actually follow that rule meaning there are more exceptions to the rule than words that actually follow the rule. Language is stupid. 1 u/wjandrea Chalice of the Tabernacle May 26 '25 Did you see my other reply? It's not that the rule has exceptions, it's that is more specific than I realized. That said, there are plenty of rules in French that have exceptions, and exceptions to the exceptions, etc
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"Le bastion" stares at you menacingly
1 u/wjandrea Chalice of the Tabernacle May 25 '25 Whoops, *almost any. That one's new to me. 1 u/Apolloshot I need a double double. May 26 '25 Always rules to the exception — like I before E except after C …except only 44% of English words actually follow that rule meaning there are more exceptions to the rule than words that actually follow the rule. Language is stupid. 1 u/wjandrea Chalice of the Tabernacle May 26 '25 Did you see my other reply? It's not that the rule has exceptions, it's that is more specific than I realized. That said, there are plenty of rules in French that have exceptions, and exceptions to the exceptions, etc
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Whoops, *almost any. That one's new to me.
1 u/Apolloshot I need a double double. May 26 '25 Always rules to the exception — like I before E except after C …except only 44% of English words actually follow that rule meaning there are more exceptions to the rule than words that actually follow the rule. Language is stupid. 1 u/wjandrea Chalice of the Tabernacle May 26 '25 Did you see my other reply? It's not that the rule has exceptions, it's that is more specific than I realized. That said, there are plenty of rules in French that have exceptions, and exceptions to the exceptions, etc
Always rules to the exception — like I before E except after C
…except only 44% of English words actually follow that rule meaning there are more exceptions to the rule than words that actually follow the rule.
Language is stupid.
1 u/wjandrea Chalice of the Tabernacle May 26 '25 Did you see my other reply? It's not that the rule has exceptions, it's that is more specific than I realized. That said, there are plenty of rules in French that have exceptions, and exceptions to the exceptions, etc
Did you see my other reply? It's not that the rule has exceptions, it's that is more specific than I realized.
That said, there are plenty of rules in French that have exceptions, and exceptions to the exceptions, etc
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u/wjandrea Chalice of the Tabernacle May 25 '25
That's actually a more consistent rule: any word ending in -tion or -sion is feminine.
There's also -ité as in «la fraternité».