{"id":6366,"date":"2022-11-25T13:35:12","date_gmt":"2022-11-25T16:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecole601.com\/how-to-avoid-making-mistakes-in-the-masculine-and-feminine-in-french\/"},"modified":"2023-08-08T05:50:24","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T08:50:24","slug":"how-to-avoid-making-mistakes-in-the-masculine-and-feminine-in-french","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecole601.com\/en\/how-to-avoid-making-mistakes-in-the-masculine-and-feminine-in-french\/","title":{"rendered":"How to avoid making mistakes in the masculine and feminine in French."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It’s one of the big challenge for native English speakers, the genders in French! I heard so many times, “why is this one feminine and this other masculine but this rule says this?”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gender marks in French can have some particular forms that we will see here. Don’t worry, by the end of this article everything will be clearer for you!

Before you continue, remember that making mistakes about gender, without knowing whether that noun is feminine or masculine, is no big deal! Everyone will still understand you, and that is the most important thing. It takes 600 words to have a conversation<\/a>, and you don’t need to know every special case. That is why here we will look only at the most important ones.
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Knowing if a noun is feminine or masculine in French<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

The first thing you need to know is whether the noun you hear or read is feminine or masculine so that you can use the correct article (le, la les, un, une…).<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, there are some tips to help you find your way.

As a general rule, if the word ends in E, it is likely to be a feminine name.

For names of countries, for example: la France, l’Italie, l’Espagne, l’Argentine… are all feminine words, ending with an E!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Categories of nouns that are generally feminine:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n