Language/French/Grammar/Gender-of-Nouns-Names-of-ships-and-restaurants
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Nouns in French are either masculine or feminine. Unfortunately, there are no simple rules for predicting the gender of a noun. However, it is not necessary to learn all genders by heart as there are certain rules that can be used to predict the genre with varying degrees of accuracy. Be careful not to forget that there are always exceptions to these models.
After mastering this lesson, these related pages might interest you: Possessive determiners, Omission of the article, Typical use of demonstrative determiners & Function of adverbs.
Names of ships[edit | edit source]
The names of ships are usually masculine because the word ship is masculine, e.g. "Le Normandie". However, small ships can be feminine eg. "La Marie-Joseph" because the corvette (la corvette) and the frigate (la fregate) are feminine.
Names of Restaurants[edit | edit source]
Restaurant names also tend to be masculine, as the restaurant itself is masculine. A restaurant named after a region renowned for its excellent products, such as "La Normandie" (Normandy), will be called "Le Normandie".
Gender of Nouns (all lessons)[edit source]
Other Chapters[edit | edit source]
Other Lessons[edit | edit source]
- Fused forms of the definite article
- Masculine and feminine forms of adjectives — A change in written, but not spoken
- An adjective agreeing with nouns linked by de
- How to use “et” in cardinal numbers
- Formation of the passive in French
- Differences in the use of numbers in French and English Page numbers, bus numbers
- Position of object pronouns with devoir, pouvoir + infinitives
- Verb agreement with fractions
- Nouns which have the same spoken form but two different written forms
- Collective nouns
- Pronominal verbs used reciprocally
- Common quantifiers
- Intransitive verbs and auxiliary “être”
- Indirectly transitive verbs
- L’on VS on