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knotty agateBOT
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cobalt compass
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chaque can be used with both feminine and masculine nouns right ?
Yes

chacun is for masc plural and chacune for fem plural ?
It's grammatically singular, not plural.
"Chacune de ces robes est belle"

placid charm
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There’s no plural form of "chaque," as it is always singular. "Chacun" and "chacune" refer to individual items or people within a group

runic pecan
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i am so confused

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this is what i saw 😭

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cobalt compass
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“Chacun/chacune” itself is grammatically singular, as you saw in my example.

But it is used to single out items within a group.

It means “each one” in English and is used the same way.

placid charm
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In French it’s similar to how it works in English if you think about it. "chaque" and "each" are used with singular nouns to refer to individual items within a group. Chaque chien, each dog. You can’t pluralize the word "each".
"Chacun" and "chacune" are like saying "each one" or "each person" in English. The only difference is that in French we specify the noun gender but in English we don’t have to

runic pecan
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no i mean like chacun/e is used with plural nouns

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not the word itself

cobalt compass
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It implies a group of objects, yes. Like “each one” does.

“Each one of these things”, not “each one of this thing”

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Chacune de ces choses

runic pecan
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hm dac

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merci

runic pecan
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so how do you know when to use chaque vs chacun

cobalt compass
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“chaque” just means “each”, it goes before a noun

Chaque robe est belle
Each dress is beautiful

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It can’t go before anything else

void salmon
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to add the example for chacun.e