miketuan

[bronze crater]

Please be patient

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[lapis ruin]

Je, tu, on, nous, vous: these are all genderless
il, ils: these are masculine
elle, elles: these are feminine

[dusty lark]

thank you for clearing that up and correcting my wrong understandings

[patent pasture]

Native french speakers are working well , congratulations 👏 hhhh

[dusty lark]

wait so a girl must say "Je suis heureux"?

[lapis ruin]

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[lapis ruin]

No. While the "je" doesn't change, the adjective must agree with her gender. So she'd have to say
"Je suis heureuse"

This is true of any pronoun. What I meant is that je, tu, etc. don't have a separate masculine vs feminine form.

But adjectives always agree with what they describe

[dusty lark]

Oh I am sorry for the confusion
So same thing applies to Nous/Vous/On?

For example, a group of all girls say: "Nous sommes heureuses"?

[lapis ruin]

Yes.

If a group of men are speaking, they'll say "Nous sommes heureux".
If a group of women are speaking, they'll say "Nous sommes heureuses".
If a group of men & women are speaking, they'll say "Nous sommes heureux"

Similarly, if you're speaking to a woman you'll say "tu es heureuse".

If you're speaking to a man, you'll say "Tu es heureux"