{"id":30085,"date":"2018-04-04T20:45:15","date_gmt":"2018-04-04T18:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=30085"},"modified":"2019-01-16T20:57:41","modified_gmt":"2019-01-16T19:57:41","slug":"using-delicious-spaghetti-to-remember-the-gender-of-french-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/using-delicious-spaghetti-to-remember-the-gender-of-french-words\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Delicious Spaghetti To Remember The Gender Of French Words"},"content":{"rendered":"

Remembering le genre d’un mot<\/strong><\/a> (the gender of a word) is one of the hardest parts of learning French. Getting a feel for how un chaise<\/em><\/a> sounds wrong is very hard for non-native speakers.<\/p>\n

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Image by kaizen.nguy\u1ec5n on Flickr. Licensed under CC BY 2.0,<\/p><\/div>\n

While there are countless examples les anglophones<\/strong> (English speakers) like myself making mistakes<\/a> with French words, looking at words that les francophones<\/strong> (French speakers) struggle with offers unique insight into how to better remember les genres des mots<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Par exemple<\/strong> (for example), ask un francophone<\/strong> the following question:<\/p>\n

Est-ce qu’on dit le spaghetti ou la spaghetti ?<\/strong>
\nDo you say the spaghetti or the spaghetti?<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

They will probably give a confused look when they realize they are not s\u00fbr \u00e0 cent pour cent<\/strong><\/a> (one hundred percent sure) which one is correct.<\/p>\n

The confusion comes from the fact that most francophones<\/strong><\/a> never use le mot<\/strong> outside of its plural form and les articles fran\u00e7ais<\/strong> (French articles) in their plural form don’t give any information about le genre du mot<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

As a reminder, voici les articles fran\u00e7ais<\/a><\/strong> :<\/p>\n

Singulier : Un, une, le, la
\nPluriel : Des, les<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

To get the answer to whether or not spaghetti<\/strong> is masculin ou f\u00e9minin<\/strong> in French, you have to ask ton ami francophone<\/strong> (your French speaking friend) a different question:<\/p>\n

Est-ce qu’on dit des spaghettis d\u00e9licieux ou des spaghettis d\u00e9licieuse ?<\/strong>
\nDo you say delicious spaghetti or delicious spaghetti?<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Ton ami francophone<\/strong> will quickly realize which one sounds more natural, letting you know le genre du mot<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Des spaghettis d\u00e9licieux !
\n<\/strong>Delicious spaghetti!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The trick is even if les articles<\/strong> don’t carry any information about le genre<\/strong>, les adjectifs<\/strong> still have to agree with the noun!<\/p>\n

So whenever you are learning des nouveaux mots<\/a> fran\u00e7ais<\/strong>, remember them with un adjectif<\/strong> and you’ll never forget le genre<\/strong>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Remembering le genre d’un mot (the gender of a word) is one of the hardest parts of learning French. Getting a feel for how un chaise sounds wrong is very hard for non-native speakers. While there are countless examples les anglophones (English speakers) like myself making mistakes with French words, looking at words that les…<\/p>\n

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