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Answer» <html><body><p>ns in French have a gender, either masculine or feminine.Animates: When nouns define human beings, the gender of the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/noun-1125409" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about NOUN">NOUN</a> normally corresponds to that of the person or people concerned. Thus un homme (masculine) and une femme (feminine). There are a few <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/exceptions-13383" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about EXCEPTIONS">EXCEPTIONS</a>; the most high-profile of these is une personne (feminine), a person, whether the person is male or female. Many nouns that can either refer to males or to females have masculine and feminine forms. In some cases an identical noun can be used in either gender: example un gendarme, une gendarme (a policeman / woman). In other cases male and females are designated by a masculine and a feminine form of the same <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/word-1458917" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about WORD">WORD</a>: example un boulanger / une boulangère (A baker, a female baker). In other cases there is little consensus; there is no clear rule in <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/modern-1099449" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about MODERN">MODERN</a> French as to whether a female teacher should be referred to as un professeur, une professeur, une professeuse, or une professeure. All four forms are used, even in official documents.Inanimates: When nouns define objects or abstractions, they still must have a gender. The gender can sometimes be determined (or guessed) by the noun's ending. While there are a few endings which are more or <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/less-1071906" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about LESS">LESS</a> exclusive to feminine nouns, such as -ette or -euse, the gender of most nouns just has to be learned case by case, and it is not always easy. Why does one say le coton, but la chanson? The reasons are etymological (historic) – but that is of little help: genders just have to be learned.</p></body></html> | |