GENDER OF NOUNS

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GENDER OF NOUNS

• Masculine
• Or
• Feminine?

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What is a noun?

• A noun is
• A person
• A place
• A thing

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FIND THE NOUNS

• What are the nouns in this sentence?
• Je voudrais une salade et un jus de pomme.

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FIND THE NOUNS

• What are the nouns in this sentence?
• Donnez-moi aussi un café, sil vous plaît.

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FIND THE NOUNS

• Here are the nouns
• Je voudrais une salade et un jus de pomme.

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FIND THE NOUNS

• Here is the noun
• Donnez-moi aussi un café, sil vous plaît.

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GENDER OF NOUNS

• Every French noun has gender masculine or
  feminine
• If un is before the noun- masculine
• If une is before the noun - feminine

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GENDER OF NOUNS

• Un/Une -- mean a or an
• salade feminine because une precedes it
• jus de pomme masculine because un precedes
  it

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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.

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INDEFINITE ARTICLES

• Un Une (a,an)
• A noun preceded by un is masculine
• Un café, un hamburger
• A noun preceded by une is feminine
• Une salade, une omelette

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HOW DO I KNOW?

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

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

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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