Thursday, May 26, 2016

Ending patterns to determine noun genders

http://renatrafikov.com/frenchfm/


FeminineMasculine
-cé -tié -sé -té
 -e
-be
-ce -ace -ance
 -ade  -nde  -ude
 -ee -ée
-fe

 -ie
-ale  -ole -lle  -ule
 -mme
 -ine -nne
 -ire  -iére  -rre  -ure
 -se  -ise  -esse
 -ite
 -ue -ique






-ion -sion -son -tion  


-b
-c
-d -de


-age -ége

-ble -cle
-me -isme
-one
-tre
-ste


-f
-ing
-i
-k
-l
-m
-n
-o
-p
-r -oir -eur
-s
-t -et -ment
-u
-ou
-eau
-x
These endings are 100% feminine: -ance -ise -esse -nne -tié -sion
and these are 100% masculine: -isme -one -oir -b -d -ing -k -p -et -ou

Hope I can remember these.

http://french.about.com/od/grammar/a/genderpatterns.htm

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