French Gender of Nouns - Masculine and Feminine / French Grammar Course Lesson 3

In French, gender of nouns are masculine and feminine. We call it "le genre des noms". In this lesson, we learn all the rules around French genders and how to change a noun from masculine to feminine, as well as countries. Countries in French have also different genders.

1. The obvious gender
The obvious gender in French is when we can guess the gender of the person such as: une femme, un oncle, ...
2. 90% rule
90% of the time, French nouns ending in E will be feminine, nouns ending with another letter will be masculine.
3. Masculine nouns
Some specific endings are always masculine in French, such as ACLE, AGE, EU, etc. Days of the week, languages, weights and metrics, English words used in French are always masculine in French.
4. Feminine nouns
Some specific endings are always feminine in French, such as ADE, ALE, TION, etc
5. Professions and people
French professions change when masculine and feminine. Most of the time, the noun will take an E when feminine, but many French professions are irregular when it comes to feminine.
6. Countries and nationalities
Countries in French are also feminine and masculine. Countries ending in E are feminine, others are masculine. Nationalities follow the rules explained in Professions and People.
7. Nouns with specific genders
Some French nouns won't change gender even if the person has another gender. For example, un bébé stays masculine even if it's a baby girl.
8. Same noun, different meaning
Some nouns have different meanings when masculine or feminine (mort, chèvre, etc. )

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0:00 Intro
02:17 The obvious gender
02:50 90% rule
04:26 Masculine nouns
08:01 Feminine nouns
10:46 Professions and people
15:02 Countries and nationalities
17:01 Nouns with specific genders
17:42 Same noun, different meaning

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