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Every French noun is masculine or feminine; there is no neuter. The article in front of the noun shows the gender, so learn every word with its article: la gare, le train.
le is masculine, la feminine, les plural for both: all three mean “the”. Indefinite, “a” or “some”: un (masculine), une (feminine), des (plural).
Gender has to be learned word by word: le lait (milk) is masculine, la mer (the sea) is feminine, even though in English both are just “it”. Before a vowel, le and la become l’: l’eau, l’ami.
| FR | Sounds like | Means |
|---|---|---|
| le café | luh ka-fay | coffeemasculine |
| la gare | la gar | stationfeminine |
| les amis | lay-za-mee | friendsplural, both genders |
| un croissant | u(n) krwa-SA(N) | a croissantmasculine |
| une baguette | ün ba-GET | a baguettefeminine |
| l’eau | loh | waterl’ before a vowel |
| la mer | la mehr | the seafeminine |
| le lait | luh leh | milkmasculine |