masculine vs feminine words. une vs un

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masculine vs feminine words. une vs un

[inland relic]

learning the gender with the word

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Ah that makes sense. It's not like Spanishj where -o and -a would be tell sign

[inland relic]

there are some tendencies but not much that's reliable enough to be worth actually relying on in general

[pulsar crest]

Gotcha, thank you for your help!

[inland relic]

the only one I personally use is that -tion is pretty much always feminine

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sweet. I really appreciate your help!

[inland relic]

np! usually people learn the word with the article (le/la) but if it's something that starts with a vowel (l'eau) or is mainly/always plural, it can be helpful to add in an adjective that clearly marks the gender, for example "l'eau douce" (doux being the masculine form)