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Le noms - Coggle Diagram
Le noms
Masculine
-ACLE, -AGE, -AL, -EAU, -EU, -ET, -IER,
-IN, -ISME, -MENT, -OIR, -OU, -ON
Some topics are masculine only:
Days of the week
Seasons
Languages
Weights
English words
Feminine
-ADE, -ALE, -ANCE, -ENCE, -ETTE, -IE,
-IQUE, -OIRE, -SION, -TÉ/TIÉ, -TION, -URE
Professions & People
Some nouns(ends with
E
or
T
) only change their articles
ex)
un dentiste / une dentiste
un enfant / une enfant
if a noun ends with a
vowel
, the feminine takes an
E
ex)
un marié / une mariée
if a noun ends with
consonant
, add an
E
after the consonant
ex)
un avocat / une avocate
Specific feminine endings
Masculine / Feminine
ER / ÉRE
EUR / EUSE
IEN / IENNE
ON / ONNE
TEUR / TRICE
F / VE
X / SE
Nouns with a specific gender
A few nouns referring to people won't change depending on the person
ex)
Un bébé, Une star
Countries
Nations
for the most part, it's a feminine country if a country ends with an
E
ex)
La Chine
expt)
Le Canada
A few are always plural
ex)
Les Philippines
Nationalities
Changes for men and women, except when the nationality ends with an
E
.
ex)
Un Allemand / Une Allemand
e
Un Canadien / Une Canadien
ne
Un
Russe
/ Une
Russe
Plural
Special changes
the ending
doesn't change
when a noun ends with
S,X
or
Z
un bras / des bras
une croix / des croix
un nez / des nez
Irregular plurals
Madame / Mesdames
Monsieur / Messieurs
un œil / des yeux
The words
un œuf, un bœuf
only take an
S
, but pronounce differenctly.
Some nouns are
always
plural
Les vacances, Les gens, ect.
A few nouns are singular but refer to a group of people
Le public, Le foule, Le famille, Le groupe
Plural nouns that (mostly) take an
S
-E
ends with a consonant
-ON, -AN, -IN, -UM
(nasal vowels)
Plural nouns that
(mostly) take an
X
-EAU, -AU, -EU
expt)
un landau, un blue, un pneu
Plural nouns that take both
-OU, -AL, -AIL