feminine and masculin nouns Flashcards

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1
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what are the two nouns

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masculine and feminine

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2
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what are nouns?

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can represent anything such as a telephone,a man, basically a thing you are describing

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3
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what is the 90% rule

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that 90% of nouns ending in ‘e’ are feminine e.g une plante,une couverture

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4
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what is the typical ending for masc nouns?

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ACLE
e.g un obstacle,un miracle,un oracle

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5
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2.

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AGE
un paysage
un âge

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3.

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AL
un cheval
un canal
un journal

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what are the exexmptions of AGE masc nouns

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une plage
un page

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4.

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EAU
Un morceau
un château

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5.

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EU
un cheveu
un bleu
un neveu

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6.

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ET
un ticket
un tabouret

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7.

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IER
un pommier
un papier
un chantier

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8.

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IN
un vin
un voisin

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9.

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ISME
un organisme

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14
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10.

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ment
un changement
un argument
un jugement

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15
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11.

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OIR
un rasoir
un bavoir
un devoir

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12.

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OU
-un trou

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13.

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ON
-UN AVION
UN CRAYON

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18
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what are other masculine noun?

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Days of the week e.g Lundi,Mardi,Mercredi

19
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are seasons masculine?

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YES-e.g un hiver,un printemps,un automne

20
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what nouns are languages?

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masculine e.g le francais,le russe,le grecque

21
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km

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un kilometre(with accent)

22
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what do feminine nouns end with?

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ADE
une balade
un pommade

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ALE

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une rivale
une finale
une chorale

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ANCE

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une chance
une balance

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ENCE

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un agence

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ETTE

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UNE VEDETTE

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IE

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UNE GALAXIE

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IQUE

A

UNE BRIQUE

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OIRE

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UNE VICTOIRE

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SION

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UNE TELEVISION
UNE PASSION

31
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A

Une société

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tion

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une partition

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ure

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une aventure

34
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most countries are femenine

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-the ones that end with ‘e’
e.g France
La France
L’inde
La Russie

35
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what are masculin countries

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ones which do not end with ‘e’
example le Japon

36
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how to make noun feminine

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with vowels just add an ‘e’
e.g un ami=une amie

37
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in cases of consonant?

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un cousin=une cousine(sound changes)
un Anglais=une Anglaise

38
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eur-euse

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e.g un coiffeur-une coiffeuse
un chanteur=une chanteuse

39
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ien-ienne

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un pharmacien-une pharmacienne

40
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on-onne

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un patron-une patronne

41
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teur-trice

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acteur-actrice

42
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f-ve

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veuf-veuve

43
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x-se

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une epoux-une epouse