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                      1. people
                      2. animals
                      3. objects
             In French, a noun is always feminine or masculine. It is introduced by a determiner, which usually indicates the gender
             of the noun. 
             people 
             When a noun refers to a person, the gender is determined by the person's sex (although some exceptions do exist). 
             In general, the feminine form of the noun is formed by adding an -e to the masculine noun. Note that the addition of the
             -e changes the pronunciation in some words: 
                             Joe-Bob est étudiant, Tammy est aussi           Joe-Bob is a student, Tammy is a student.
                             étudiante.
                             Tex est ami avec Joe-Bob, Tammy est aussi       Tex is Joe-Bob's friend, Tammy is also Joe-
                             amie avec Joe-Bob.                              Bob's friend.
             There are cases when the feminine form of the noun changes more drastically. 
                             Edouard: Je suis serveur.                       Edouard: I'm a waiter.
                             Tammy: Je ne suis pas serveuse.                 Tammy: I'm not a waiter.
                             Trey: Je suis musicien.                         Trey: I'm a musician.
                             Tammy: Je ne suis pas musicienne.               Tammy: I'm not a musician.
                             Tex: Je suis un séducteur.                      Tex: I'm a womanizer.
                             Bette: Je suis une séductrice.                  Bette: I'm a seductress.
                             Joe-Bob: Pour le travail, je ne suis pas        Joe-Bob: I'm not a champion at working.
                             champion.                                       Fiona: I'm the one who is a champion.
                             Fiona: C'est moi qui suis championne.
                             Tex: Je suis le copain de Tammy.                Tex: I'm Tammy's pal.
                             Tammy: Je suis la copine de Tex.                Tammy: I'm Tex's pal.
             In general, when the masculine noun ends in -e, the feminine noun remains unchanged. Only the determiner or the
             context indicates if it is a feminine or masculine noun. 
                                Tex et Rita sont frère et soeur, mais ils ont       Tex and Rita are brother and sister, but
                                des métiers tout à fait différents.                 they have completely different jobs.
                                Tex est poète. Rita est secrétaire.                 Tex is a poet. Rita is a secretary.
                                Tex n'est sûrement pas secrétaire et Rita           Tex is certainly not a secretary and Rita is
                                n'est pas poète non plus.                           not a poet either.
              animals 
              The gender of animals is often arbitrary. Some animals are always masculine (un escargot, a snail), others are feminine
              (la fourmi, ant). However, for some animals there are irregular masculine and feminine forms. 
                                le chat / la chatte, cat
                                le chien / la chienne, dog
                                le coq / la poule, chicken (rooster / hen)
                                le boeuf, le taureau / la vache, ox / bull / cow
              objects and ideas 
              The gender of nouns referring to things and abstractions is arbitrary. However, it can often be inferred from the ending
              of the word. Typically, words ending in -age, -ment, -eau, -phone, -scope, -isme are masculine and those ending in -tion,
              -sion, -té, -ette, -ance, -ence, -ie, -ure, -ode/-ade/-ude are feminine. 
                               masculine endings                                   feminine endings
                               le fromage (cheese)                                 la salade (salad, lettuce)
                               le monument (monument)                              la fourchette (fork)
                               le sentiment (feeling)                              la télévision (television)
                               le couteau (knife)                                  la culture (culture)
                               le téléphone (telephone)                            la situation (situation)
                               le microscope (microscope)                          la société (society)
                               le romantisme (romanticism)                         la différence (difference)
                                                                                   la philosophie (philosophy)
             Listen to the dialogue. Feminine nouns are in blue, masculine in black. 
                             Tammy présente Tex pour la première fois       Tammy introduces Tex for the first time to
                             à Bette et Fiona.                              Bette and Fiona.
                             Tammy: Tex est un ami de Lyon. C'est un        Tammy: Tex is a friend from Lyon. He is a
                             tuteur maintenant! Tex, la minette c'est       tutor now! Tex, the kitty is my friend Bette
                             mon amie Bette, et la fourmi c'est ma          and the ant is my pal Fiona. Bette and
                             copine Fiona. Bette et Fiona sont étudiantes.  Fiona are students.
                             Bette: Enchantée, Tex! J'adore la culture      Bette: Nice to meet you, Tex. I adore
                             française.                                     French culture.
                             Tex: Ah, donc tu, . . . tu aimes               Tex: Ah, so you, . . . you like
                             l'existentialisme?                             existentialism?
                             Bette: Euh, oui, bien sûr, Tex.                Bette: Uh, yes, of course, Tex.
                                                                                                                             
             fill in the blanks
             Fill in the blank with 'le' (masculine) or 'la' (feminine).
              1. Tammy adore ______ nature. 
              2. Bette: ______ beauté est importante. 
              3. Joe-Bob: ______ courage est essentiel. 
              4. Corey:______ bâtiment ('builiding') est impressionant. 
              5. Tammy: ______ château est grand. 
              6. Tammy: Bette, ______ minette étudiante à UT. 
              7. Tex: ______ tornade est dangereuse. 
              8. Fiona: ______ pollution est terrible. 
              9. Tex: ______ racisme est abominable. 
             10. Corey: ______ télescope est super. 
             11. Paw-Paw: Je suis ______ grand-père (grandfather) de Tex. 
             12. Rita: Je suis ______ soeur (sister) de Tex. 
             © 2004 • department of french & italian • liberal arts ITS • university of texas at austin       updated: 27 May 04
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