FRST 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Pilote, Citron
13 May 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
Number and agreement
Pattern
Examples
-s
les livres, les pneus, les décisions
-x (usually words ending in -al, -au, -
ou)
le journal/les journaux, un aveu/des aveux, le
travail/les travaux
invariable (usually words ending in -s,
-x or -z)
le gaz/les gaz, le fils/les fils
Les pneus: tires
Les journaux: newspapers
Des aveux: admissions (of guilt)
Les travaux: works
Les gaz: gases
Les fils: sons
Noun phrases and gender
There are cases where the only way to determine the meaning of a word is to look at its gender.
Thus, la mode means 'style', while le mode means 'way of doing' as in le mode d'emploi
'instructions on how to perform some task'. As a result, attention to gender is critical.
• la table
• la chaise
• le couteau: the knife
• la fourchette: the fork
• la tasse: the cup
• le verre: the glass
• le sel: the salt
• le poivre: the pepper
French
English
le chat
the cat
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Document Summary
X (usually words ending in -al, -au, - ou) le journal/les journaux, un aveu/des aveux, le travail/les travaux invariable (usually words ending in -s, X or -z) le gaz/les gaz, le fils/les fils. There are cases where the only way to determine the meaning of a word is to look at its gender. Thus, la mode means "style", while le mode means "way of doing" as in le mode d"emploi. As a result, attention to gender is critical. la table la chaise le couteau: the knife la fourchette: the fork la tasse: the cup le verre: the glass le sel: the salt le poivre: the pepper. English le chat the cat la chatte the female cat le mur the wall la table the table. Examples keep the same form for masculine and feminine un/une pilote, un/une diplomate, un/une m decin add -e for the feminine un agent/une agente, un ing nieur/une ing nieure, un.
