http://french.about.com/library/begin/bl_nouns2.htm
French Gender and NumberGenre et Nombre
Nearly all French nouns have different forms for singular and plural. In addition, many nouns that refer to people have both a masculine and a feminine form. Many of the rules here also apply to adjectives.
Note that the gender rules apply only to people and some animals. They do not apply to objects, which have a masculine or a feminine form, never both - learn more.
VI. Compound nouns
French Gender Lessons
French Plural/Number Lessons
French Parts of Speech
zondag 28 september 2008
De top 10 beginners fouten
Top 10 Beginning French Mistakes
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French Nouns - Les Noms
A noun is a word that represents a thing, whether that thing is concrete (e.g., a chair, a dog) or abstract (an idea, happiness).
In French, all nouns have a gender - they are either masculine or feminine. It is very important to learn a noun's gender along with the noun itself because articles, adjectives, and some verbs have to agree with nouns; that is, they change depending on the gender of the noun they precede or follow. The gender of some nouns makes sense (homme [man] is masculine, femme [woman] is feminine) but others don't (personne [person] is always feminine, even if the person is a man!) The best way to learn the gender of nouns is to make your vocabulary lists with the definite or indefinite article. That is,
Rather than a list like this...
make lists like this...
livre = book chaise = chair
BAD LIST :-(
un livre = book une chaise = chair
GOOD LIST :-)
so that you learn the gender with the noun. The gender is part of the noun and you will be much better off learning it now, as a beginner, than trying to go back after years of study and memorizing the genders of all the words you've already learned (I speak from experience). Also, some nouns have different meanings depending on whether they are masculine or feminine - learn more.
There are some tendencies in the gender of nouns, but there are always exceptions. Countries and names that end in e are usually (but not always) feminine. There are a few common patterns, but please don't use these as a way to avoid learning the genders of nouns - just learn each word as gender + noun and then you'll know them forever.
Ending
is usually
-age
masculine
Exceptions:
une pageune nageune cage
une plageune rageune image
-eau
masculine
Exceptions:
l'eau
une peau
-ée
feminine
Exceptions:
un lycée
un musée
-ion
feminine
Exceptions:
un lionun scionun avion
un millionun billionun bastion
-té
feminine
Exceptions:
un comité
un invité
More gender patterns
Page 2: Gender and number of French nouns
French Parts of Speech
http://french.about.com/cs/beginning1/a/mistakes.htm
French Nouns - Les Noms
A noun is a word that represents a thing, whether that thing is concrete (e.g., a chair, a dog) or abstract (an idea, happiness).
In French, all nouns have a gender - they are either masculine or feminine. It is very important to learn a noun's gender along with the noun itself because articles, adjectives, and some verbs have to agree with nouns; that is, they change depending on the gender of the noun they precede or follow. The gender of some nouns makes sense (homme [man] is masculine, femme [woman] is feminine) but others don't (personne [person] is always feminine, even if the person is a man!) The best way to learn the gender of nouns is to make your vocabulary lists with the definite or indefinite article. That is,
Rather than a list like this...
make lists like this...
livre = book chaise = chair
BAD LIST :-(
un livre = book une chaise = chair
GOOD LIST :-)
so that you learn the gender with the noun. The gender is part of the noun and you will be much better off learning it now, as a beginner, than trying to go back after years of study and memorizing the genders of all the words you've already learned (I speak from experience). Also, some nouns have different meanings depending on whether they are masculine or feminine - learn more.
There are some tendencies in the gender of nouns, but there are always exceptions. Countries and names that end in e are usually (but not always) feminine. There are a few common patterns, but please don't use these as a way to avoid learning the genders of nouns - just learn each word as gender + noun and then you'll know them forever.
Ending
is usually
-age
masculine
Exceptions:
une pageune nageune cage
une plageune rageune image
-eau
masculine
Exceptions:
l'eau
une peau
-ée
feminine
Exceptions:
un lycée
un musée
-ion
feminine
Exceptions:
un lionun scionun avion
un millionun billionun bastion
-té
feminine
Exceptions:
un comité
un invité
More gender patterns
Page 2: Gender and number of French nouns
French Parts of Speech
De lidwoorden en begroetingen
http://french.about.com/library/weekly/aa112399.htm
Luisteroefeningen over groeten en jezelf voorstellen
http://french.about.com/library/listening/bl-begdialogue1-listen.htm
Luisteroefeningen over groeten en jezelf voorstellen
http://french.about.com/library/listening/bl-begdialogue1-listen.htm
Beginners test Frans
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Maak nu een beginners test en maak van de uitslag een printscreen en sla het op in je mapje Frans
Maak nu een beginners test en maak van de uitslag een printscreen en sla het op in je mapje Frans
Franse getallen leren
http://french.about.com/library/begin/bl_numbers.htm
Hier kun je de getallen leren luisteren en leren schrijven
Hier kun je de getallen leren luisteren en leren schrijven
dinsdag 23 september 2008
Franse opdrachten voor Piter Jelles !mpulse leerlingen
23 september 2008
Vandaag in de mail weer een prachtige link ontvangen waar de leerlingen online luisteroefeningen kunnen maken op A1 niveau. Verder zijn er oefeningen in spelvorm te vinden.
http://www.ciel.fr/apprendre-francais/exercices-francais.htm
http://www.ciel.fr/apprendre-francais/classe-fle.html
A1 oefeningen voor student/docent zinnen . Alle zinnen die in een klas voor kunnen komen.
zich voorstellenhttp://www.ciel.fr/apprendre-francais/sepresenter.html
Op de volgende site kun je zelf quizjes en dergelijke maken:
http://usinaquiz.free.fr/
Getallen leren:
http://french.about.com/library/begin/bl_numbers.htm
Alles leren over meubilair? Je eigen kamer als plattegrond telkenen. Gebruik de woorden van de volgende site.
http://french.about.com/library/begin/bl_furniture.htm
Alles over getallen, telwoorden, breuken.
http://french.about.com/library/weekly/bl-numericaladjectives.htm
Werkwoorden vervoegen?
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Franse oefeningen , quizjes enzovoort.
http://french.about.com/od/francophonie/u/practiceperfect.htm
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Adjectives
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Pronouns
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Writing and mechanics
Vandaag in de mail weer een prachtige link ontvangen waar de leerlingen online luisteroefeningen kunnen maken op A1 niveau. Verder zijn er oefeningen in spelvorm te vinden.
http://www.ciel.fr/apprendre-francais/exercices-francais.htm
http://www.ciel.fr/apprendre-francais/classe-fle.html
A1 oefeningen voor student/docent zinnen . Alle zinnen die in een klas voor kunnen komen.
zich voorstellenhttp://www.ciel.fr/apprendre-francais/sepresenter.html
Op de volgende site kun je zelf quizjes en dergelijke maken:
http://usinaquiz.free.fr/
Getallen leren:
http://french.about.com/library/begin/bl_numbers.htm
Alles leren over meubilair? Je eigen kamer als plattegrond telkenen. Gebruik de woorden van de volgende site.
http://french.about.com/library/begin/bl_furniture.htm
Alles over getallen, telwoorden, breuken.
http://french.about.com/library/weekly/bl-numericaladjectives.htm
Werkwoorden vervoegen?
http://french.about.com/library/weekly/bl-numericaladjectives.htm
Franse oefeningen , quizjes enzovoort.
http://french.about.com/od/francophonie/u/practiceperfect.htm
http://french.about.com/od/francophonie/u/practiceperfect.htm
Daily and Weekly French Features
Adding even a little bit of French to your day can make a big difference.
French word of the day
French lesson of the day
French quiz of the day
French quotation of the day
Daily French practice ideas
Daily French newsletter
French mistake of the week
French expression of the week
French Grammar Lessons
This site has hundreds of intermediate- and advanced-level French grammar lessons.
Adjectives
Adverbs
Agreement
Articles
Conjunctions
Gender
Impersonal French
Indefinites
Negation
Number/plurals
Possession
Prepositions
Pronouns
Verbs
Word order
Writing and mechanicsDaily and Weekly French Features
Adding even a little bit of French to your day can make a big difference.
French word of the day
French lesson of the day
French quiz of the day
French quotation of the day
Daily French practice ideas
Daily French newsletter
French mistake of the week
French expression of the week
French Grammar Lessons
This site has hundreds of intermediate- and advanced-level French grammar lessons.
Adjectives
Adverbs
Agreement
Articles
Conjunctions
Gender
Impersonal French
Indefinites
Negation
Number/plurals
Possession
Prepositions
Pronouns
Verbs
Word order
Writing and mechanics
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