Jobs: feminine nouns
Learning outcomes
I can make person nouns feminine to talk about different jobs.
I can apply the silent [h] rule when I pronounce French words, including cognates.
Jobs: feminine nouns
Learning outcomes
I can make person nouns feminine to talk about different jobs.
I can apply the silent [h] rule when I pronounce French words, including cognates.
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Key learning points
- [h] is silent in French, as in the word 'heure'.
- Most French person nouns for jobs become feminine by adding -e, e.g. une avocate.
- Person nouns already ending in -e stay the same, but the article changes, e.g. le → la secrétaire.
- Masculine person nouns ending in -eur typically change to -rice in the feminine form.
- The rules around job nouns are still changing and there are exceptions to the rules.
Keywords
[h] - pronounced as in 'heure'
Person noun - a noun used for a person e.g. un professeur
Common misconception
Add an -e to all person nouns to make them feminine.
The most common way to make a person noun feminine is to add an -e to the masculine version. If nouns already end in -e, person nouns usually stay the same but the article changes. Jobs ending in 'eur' usually change to 'rice' in the feminine form.
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
to be, being
I am
you are
he is
she is
to have to
to sleep, sleeping
to want (to)
postwoman
headteacher
lawyer
Exit quiz
6 Questions
to have to
I have to, must
he has to, must
to want (to)
I want (to)
he wants (to)