FREN 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Le Bureau, Girdle
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French 111 class lecture 2 notes class 3. ***plural is the sa(cid:373)e for (cid:271)oth (cid:373)ale a(cid:374)d fe(cid:373)ale (cid:448)ersio(cid:374)s the differe(cid:374)(cid:272)e (cid:272)o(cid:373)es (cid:449)ith the a(cid:272)tual spelli(cid:374)g of the object**** Most fe(cid:373)i(cid:374)i(cid:374)e (cid:449)ords e(cid:374)d i(cid:374) e (cid:271)ut that is(cid:374)"t al(cid:449)a(cid:455)s the (cid:272)ase u(cid:374)fortu(cid:374)atel(cid:455) its (cid:373)ostl(cid:455) (cid:373)e(cid:373)orizatio(cid:374) To make something plural typically you add an s to the end of the word. In cases of words ending in eau you need to add an x. In cases of words ending in al you drop the al and add aux in order to make it plural. When you have a group of all males : use male form of plural when you have a group of all females you use the female spelling. When you have a group of both males and females always use the male spelling and pronunciation. There are certain words that are always one gender no matter what even if it is a boy or girl :