Is there any good ways to memorize the French masculine/feminine nouns?
I found it so difficult to remember all the masculine and feminine nouns. Is there any good methods? Thanks a lot.
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Yes, there is ! :-)
Check this article on italki :
Gender in French: The Cheat Sheet
by Caroline L.-B.
http://www.italki.com/article/253/gender-in-french-the-cheat-sheet#.VQfeNY10zIU
A question I often hear is : « How on Earth did those French speakers come up with the idea that a spoon was feminine while a bed was masculine ? Is there anything in the shape of the object that reminded them of a gender ? Or any symbolic meaning ? »
The answer is : most of the time, there is no relationship whatsoever between the gender of a noun and the gender of people. The gender of nouns is purely grammatical. The article above will give you reliable clues in order to help you make educated guesses.
Good luck !
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