GENDER OF NOUNS

Masculine Or Feminine?

What is a noun?
A

noun is A person A place A thing

FIND THE NOUNS

What are the nouns in this sentence?

Je voudrais une salade et un jus de pomme.

FIND THE NOUNS

What are the nouns in this sentence?

Donnez-moi aussi un caf, sil vous plat.

FIND THE NOUNS

Here are the nouns:

Je voudrais une salade et un jus de pomme.

FIND THE NOUNS

Here is the noun:

Donnez-moi aussi un caf, sil vous plat.

GENDER OF NOUNS

Every French noun has gender masculine or feminine

If un is before the nounmasculine If une is before the noun feminine

GENDER OF NOUNS

Un/Une -- mean a or an

salade feminine because une precedes it jus de pomme masculine because un precedes it

GENDER OF NOUNS

1. Every French noun has a gender, masculine or feminine. 2. You will need to learn the gender of EVERY noun you learn. 3. You can tell the gender of a noun by what PRECEDES it.

INDEFINITE ARTICLES

Un

Une (a,an) A noun preceded by un is masculine

Un

caf, un hamburger

A noun preceded by une is feminine

Une

salade, une omelette

HOW DO I KNOW?

1.memorize with new vocab. 2. In glossary 3. In dictionary

The 96% Rule

The 96% Rule refers to a way of determining if a noun is masculine or feminine

Feminine nouns usually end in e, ette, e, sion, tion Masculine nouns usually end in a consonant or a vowel other than e When in doubt LOOK IT UP!!!!!!

Des = some

des (pronounced DAY) is used with all plural nouns to express the concept of some

Des frites - some fries Des biscuits some cookies

Plurals usually end in s