🌻 Katiepie 🌻 (corrigez svp)

[astral patrol]

Please be patient

Our volunteers look into many questions every day; sometimes it takes them a little while to answer.

Pro tip: you can rename the thread title with `.tr <thread name>`

Make it descriptive, including relevant context, but also to the point. This way you improve your chances of getting a more relevant and specific answer.

[drifting idol]

Nvm I left a comment and the page themselves replied to me saying it was a mistake they didn’t catch lol. Kind of figured but wanted to make sure I wasn’t missing some obscure rule 😝 thanks for reading anyway

[flat wind]

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[coarse grotto]

Wait so should it be un bon médecin or une bonne médecin

[flat wind]

Une bonne médecin.

[coarse grotto]

Yea i just don't know how it works when the word doesn't have a feminine version

[flat wind]

I doubt there's a general rule, so I'll assume that it's on a word-by-word basis for now. I'm also curious, though.

[coarse grotto]

I'm pretty sure u can say un bon docteur when talking about a woman

Also we don't actually use médecin do we lol

It's just docteur
Docteur could be anyone with a doctorate but on its own it implies médecin

[flat wind]

Yeah, definitely. The grammatical masculine, which is the default for professions in many languages, is slowly being phased out in favour of more diversity, despite the grammatical and biological genders being different.

Personally, I'm all for it. More accurate descriptions don't hurt.

[coarse grotto]

That's... not what I'm saying

There's no docteuse

Or doctrice

[flat wind]

Not yet, though there could be one day. That's what I'm saying, anyhow.

While 'professeure' exists, 'professeur' works just as well for male and female teachers, for example.

Having a similar distinction elsewhere doesn't surprise me.