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[ivory heath]

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[half ridge]

docteur like doctor in English is a common way to refer to practicing physicians but also refers to doctors of the church or anyone who has a doctorate

médecin is more formal and only refers to a medical doctor

[lament crescent]

similarly to english, both will generally be understood as a medical doctor without further context, though french generally prefers médecin (though you will most likely hear both)

[remote pilot]

Ah, gotcha. Merci!

[limpid basalt]

I feel like medecin is the proffesion right but you'd not say bonjour medecin you'd adress them as docteur

[lament crescent]

I mean I'd just say bonjour lol
But when referring to them in formal writing generally you see "monsieur le docteur x"

[limpid basalt]

umm no

Yes for the formal writing but if you've been with the doctor a long time

You'd defo adress them as docteur

[lament crescent]

I never would? That doesn't mean no one else would but I've never encountered it in all of the sessions ive sat in on

[limpid basalt]

If you see them in public is what i was reffering to

[lament crescent]

Ok, i still wouldn't

But yeah, I would most commonly say "ma médecin" and "je suis là pour voir docteure P"

[limpid basalt]

Mon médecin ouais

mais si tu veux

[lament crescent]

Ma médecin in my case but ye

[half ridge]

i would say "tu vois cet homme-là. c'est mon médecin. il est incroyable qu'il fasse les courses ici, lui aussi"

[limpid basalt]

Nope, if your doctor is a woman the noun is still masculine

[lament crescent]

No

[limpid basalt]

Yes?

Bro im french

[lament crescent]

Ok? And the native speakers around me say ma médecin, ma docteure

[limpid basalt]

ma docteure ✅ mon medecin

[half ridge]

"non, non, je ne veux pas lui parler. il a vu mon corps nu."

[limpid basalt]

Albatros arrete avec ton air condescendant search it up bro

[half ridge]

other countries exist man

[lament crescent]

You can use mon médecin for a female doctor but you can also use ma. I have consulted with MANY native speakers, and have heard native speakers use it naturally with 0 prompting

You are not the center of the universe

I am simply correcting you, this isn't a contest.

[limpid basalt]

Non, mais ouais si tu veux

[lament crescent]

M ou f

[half ridge]

oh god lmao

[lament crescent]

Lmfao

[half ridge]

non c'est pas possible

c'est invraisemblable

[limpid basalt]

^

[lament crescent]

This is THE governing body of french language in quebec

If you cannot accept that France and especially your own personal experience isn't the center of the universe, this server is not for you

[limpid basalt]

Im half quebecois..

[lament crescent]

Then act like it?

[half ridge]

et imagine a quel point ta mere est deçue

[limpid basalt]

Oh so quebec people act a certain way to you?

[lament crescent]

Accept when you're wrong, accept that other versions of french exist and behave like an adult

Language evolves

[limpid basalt]

bro..

I'd rather have my mum dissapointed in me than be genuinely stupid

But she loves me man

😂

[remote pilot]

What happened in this thread 😭

[lament crescent]

French people stuck in their ways unfortunately

[remote pilot]

And he left shortly after rip

[lament crescent]

Nah he got banned for insulting people and refusing to take any kind of correction when he kept saying incorrect things

[remote pilot]

Damn. Yeah, I'm assuming it was just different for Canadian French and French from France but he was really hellbent on pushing the way it was in France French?

[lament crescent]

Tl;dr you can say "mon médecin" or "ma médecin" to refer to your female doctor
But their title is still docteur(e) so you would say stuff like "je suis là pour voir Dr B"

[lament crescent]

Even in France it's not as strict as he was acting lol

[remote pilot]

Ah, lol yeah I wouldn't think so

[lament crescent]

Even IF no one would ever use it ever, there are ways to handle discussions like that like an adult

[remote pilot]

Gotcha, so just generally favor docteur except in like scenarios where you want to be especially specific?

[lament crescent]

No, when referring to the person without the name (my doctor, going to the doctor - talking about the profession), médecin is the go-to moreso than docteur, though both are used. But médecin is not a title, so if you're using their name you would use the title "docteur" (like you would say dr george not physician george)

[remote pilot]

Ah, so you when speaking to them or about them personally you use docteur? Like as you would sort of monsieur?

[lament crescent]

If you're using their title + name yeah

[remote pilot]

Nice nice, merci!