For example, why is it 'le salon' and why is it 'la cuisine'?
2006-12-22 00:09:01 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Because nouns that are feminine end in 'e', so 'la' is used to refer to them (the feminine form of the French word for 'the'), while nouns that do not end in 'e' are masculine and 'le' is used, the masculine form of 'the'.
2006-12-22 00:13:26 · answer #1 · answered by Me in Canada eh 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
No explanation, sorry. The only thing to do is to learn the gender of each new noun you learn. So, instead of learning: table = table, you learn table = une table.
(I'm using "une" and not "la" because in the case of words starting with a vowel or, in some cases, a "h", you use "l'" instead of "la" or "le". Ex: "l'épopée" is feminine: "une épopée".)
2006-12-22 11:27:02 · answer #2 · answered by Offkey 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
there is no rule, it's that way, in many languages, such as spanich, and the most difficult case is german, because you have "die" for feminin, "der" for masculino, and "das", for neutrum, so 3 genders not 2!!!
as a french speaker, when i imagine the kitchen i imagine it as a feminin word, have never wondered abt that, because it become with practice, kind of natural thing, that u feel it....
but thank yopui for the question, because for the first time i know, that the kitchen for exp is not considered as feminin for everybody!!!
lol
do u see what i mean?
2006-12-22 08:53:24 · answer #3 · answered by curious girl 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Le is for masculine words and La is for feminine words. Generally feminine words end with 'e'.
2006-12-22 08:14:29 · answer #4 · answered by gypzndog 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
le is for masculine things, la is for feminine things, les is for plural, des means some
2006-12-23 00:26:24 · answer #5 · answered by why me? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well this is what my french teacher told me:The objects that females have to do with like females la cuisine. Men tend to like dogs so we call them le chien...SEE
2006-12-22 08:12:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
Tout le temps
2006-12-22 08:17:20 · answer #7 · answered by Twinki 2 · 0⤊ 4⤋
la
2006-12-22 08:14:37 · answer #8 · answered by moony s 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
le for masculine words (end in "on", "et", "l","ant"...)
la for female words (end in "onne", "ette", "lle", "ante"...)
l' for words beginning by a vowel or "h"
2006-12-22 08:57:51 · answer #9 · answered by meldescev 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
its tradition and rules
2006-12-22 08:30:39 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋