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Grammaire française - French Grammar
LES NOMS
GENDER OF NOUNS
| MASCULINE | FEMININE |
| un livre (a book) le journal (the newspaper) |
une maison (a house) la fleur (the flower) |
- In French we differentiate masculine and feminine nouns. We also use different articles and different adjectives for them. See Articles and Adjective forms for more details.
- Country names take always article. If they end in -e they are feminine (except for le Mexique).
| le Portugal, le Brésil, le Mexique | la France, l'Espagne, l'Argentine |
- The femenine is formed in general by adding -e to the masculine form, and in some cases other letters or accents are also added.
- There are some nouns with totally different forms for the masculine and the femenine.
- Some professions are used only in the masculine form.
| un ami (a friend) | une amie (a female friend) |
| un rival (a rival) | une rivale (a female rival) |
| un acteur (an actor) | une actrice (an actress) |
| un musicien (a musician) | une musicienne (a female musician) |
| un boulanger (a baker) | une boulangère (a female baker) |
| le détective (the detective) | la détective (the female detective) |
| le professeur (the teacher) | la professeur (the female teacher) |
PLURAL OF NOUNS
| SINGULAR | PLURAL |
| un livre (a book) | des livres (books) |
- The plural is formed in general by adding -s to the singular form.
- Some nouns have special plural forms, according to their ending:
-eau becomes -eaux
-al becomes -aux
-s stays the same -s
-z stays the same -z - Some nouns do not have singular form.
| le château (the castle) | les châteaux (the castles) |
| le cheval (the horse) | les chevaux (the horses) |
| le bus (the bus) | les bus (the buses) |
| le nez (the nose) | les nez (the noses) |
| les gens (the people) |