GENDER OF NOUNS

Masculine
Or
Feminine?
What is a noun?
A noun is …
 A person
 A place
 A thing
FIND THE NOUNS
 What are the nouns in this sentence?
 Je voudrais une salade et un
jus de pomme.
FIND THE NOUNS
 What are the nouns in this sentence?
 Donnez-moi aussi un café,
s’il vous plaît.
FIND THE NOUNS
 Here are the nouns:
 Je voudrais une salade et un
jus de pomme.
FIND THE NOUNS
 Here is the noun:

 Donnez-moi aussi un café,

s’il vous plaît.
GENDER OF NOUNS
 Every French noun has “gender” –
masculine or feminine
 If “un” is before the noun-
masculine
 If “une” is before the noun -
feminine
GENDER OF NOUNS
 Un/Une -- mean “a” or “an”
 “salade” – feminine because “une”
precedes it

 “jus de pomme” – masculine

because “un” precedes it
GENDER OF NOUNS
 1. Every French noun has a gender,
masculine or feminine.
 2. You will need to learn the gender of
EVERY noun you learn.
 3. You can tell the gender of a noun by
what PRECEDES it.
INDEFINITE ARTICLES
 Un Une (a,an)
 A noun preceded by “un” is masculine
 Un café, un hamburger
 A noun preceded by “une” is feminine
 Une salade, une omelette
HOW DO I KNOW?
 1.memorize with
new vocab.
 2. In glossary
 3. In dictionary
The 96% Rule
 The “96% Rule” refers to a way of
determining if a noun is masculine or
feminine
 Feminine nouns usually end in “e”, “ette”,
“ée”, “sion”, “tion”
 Masculine nouns usually end in a consonant
or a vowel other than “e”
 When in doubt… LOOK IT UP!!!!!!
 “Des” = some
 “des” (pronounced DAY) is used with all
plural nouns to express the concept of
“some”
 Des frites - some fries
 Des biscuits – some cookies
 Plurals usually end in “s”