orpheus_harmonic

[astral loom]

Please be patient

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[terse flare]

what makes you think it's feminine? I assume you're talking about the noun being feminine and not the question itself

[coral lagoon]

Secretaire ends with an e

And than you have belge but i dont remember if its both feminine and masculine

[terse flare]

that doesn't mean it's feminine, masculine words end in e all the time

belge doesnt change

[coral lagoon]

So c’est le secretaire belge is a masculine sentence

[terse flare]

a sentence isnt masculine or feminine

"secrétaire belge" could be masculine or feminine

[coral lagoon]

Mhmm

[terse flare]

"le" is always a masculine pronoun, "la" is always a feminine pronoun

[coral lagoon]

Yes

So the sentence is both so we can add either Le/la to be more specific

[terse flare]

again, the sentence itself isnt masculine or feminine, only the noun can be, and pronouns and adjectives can agree with it
you're not being "more specific" by having a pronoun, it's just part of the sentence, and it will agree with whatever gender the noun is

[coral lagoon]

Mhmm okay

[fair sail]

I'm assuming "translate the sentences to masculine" is literally what the homework says which seems to explain some of the confusion