En français, every NOUN has a gender. It is either MASCULINE or FEMININE. It has NOTHING to do with who uses it more, what color it is, etc. It is just.

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2 En français, every NOUN has a gender. It is either MASCULINE or FEMININE. It has NOTHING to do with who uses it more, what color it is, etc. It is just a grammatical fact. Remember that a NOUN is a person, place, thing, or idea.

3 You can tell which gender a noun is by the article before it. UN – masculine UNE – feminine Both UN and UNE mean “a / an”

4 If you want to use an indefinite article with things that are plural use: DES – plural for both masculine and feminine DES means SOME ”

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6 As you write the vocabulary for classroom objects note which items are masculine and which are feminine. Are there any patterns? How would you remember which noun is which gender?

7 une craie un tableau une règle une gomme une fenêtre un pupitre une pointe une carte un stylo un crayon un mur = wall un cahier une feuille de papier un taille-crayon un alphabet une peinture= a painting

8 un ordinateur un drapeau une chaise une brosse une etagère de livres (une bibliothèque) un livre une horloge une corbeille un bureau