Gender Agreement
Understand masculine and feminine noun agreement in French
Introduction to Gender
In French, all nouns have a gender: masculine or feminine. Adjectives, articles, and pronouns must agree with the noun's gender and number.
Masculine vs Feminine
Learn how to identify and use masculine and feminine nouns correctly.
- le garçon - la fille — the boy - the girl (luh gar-sohn - lah fee)
- un homme grand - une femme grande — a tall man - a tall woman (uhn om grahn - oon fam grahnd)
- le chat noir - la voiture noire — the black cat - the black car (luh sha nwar - lah vwa-toor nwar)
- un livre intéressant - une histoire intéressante — an interesting book - an interesting story (uhn leevr an-tay-reh-sahn - oon ees-twar an-tay-reh-sahnt)
Practice
Test your understanding of gender agreement!
Review
Great work! Remember: French nouns have gender, and adjectives must agree by adding -e for feminine forms.