If an English word is used in French it is always masculine:
· le parking, le garage, le cinéma, le fast-food
Days, months, seasons are masculine:
· le printemps, le lundi, le février
Languages are masculine:
· le latin, le russe, le français
Metric weights & measures, fractions & compass points are masculine:
· un litre, un demi, le sud, l’orient EXCEPT une livre (pound) une tonne (ton) & une moitié (half)
Flowers, fruit & vegetables are always feminine if they end in
–e:
· la carotte, la laitue, la fraise EXCEPT le légume
BY ENDINGS
As a rule, the following endings will always be masculine:
· acle
· age
· eau
· ème
· isme
· ment
COMMON EXCEPTIONS:
la cage, la plage, une image, la rage, la nage, la page, l’eau, la peau
As a rule, these endings should always be feminine:
· aison
· ance
· anse
· ence
· ense
· ée
· sion
· tion
· xion
COMMON EXCEPTIONS:
le silence, le lycée, le musée
TAKE CARE WITH THESE – THEY CHANGE MEANING!
le livre (book) - la livre (pound)
le manche (handle) - la manche (sleeve)
La Manche (English Channel)
le merci (thanks) - la merci (mercy)
le page (page-boy) - la page (page in a book)
le pendule (pendulum) - la pendule (clock)
le poste (position – job) - la poste (post office, or post - mail)
le somme (sleep) - la somme (total)
le tour (tour, turn) - la tour (tower)
le vapeur (steamer) - la vapeur (steam)
le voile (veil) - la voile (sail)
About Me
- Mme Currie
- I am a part-time Teacher of French and Primary Cluster Co-ordinator for MFL in Cottingham, E. Yorkshire. I also teach Y4 French at my son's school on a voluntary basis.
French Resources KS2 & 3: This blog is very much still under construction, but I hope to post a variety of resources for my students to access. It is my intention to name, where possible, the original authors of materials that I have borrowed and/or tweaked from public domains.
Saturday, 7 February 2009
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment