"la" is the feminine and "le" is the masculine form. You get " LA vapeur" which is steam and you get "LE four" which is oven. I'm curious to know which words takes which form. Somebody please give me an answer.
2007-03-05 07:14:12 · 6 answers · asked by Goldilocks 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
My French teacher used to say: "Think sexist, think women unfriendly, and you'll have more than 90% of the male/female business correct". So the speaking is feminine, the silence is masculine. So is le soleil as it is more important than La Lune. Of course the fight is masculine, the flight feminine etc. Of course this is not for things that are undoubtetly feminime: la vache, la fille, la maman,
2007-03-05 08:06:17 · answer #1 · answered by leatherbiker040 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In French, all nouns are either masculine or feminine, and they are preceded by the corresponding article (e.g. a or the). Le is masculine form of "the" while la is feminine. There are other types of articles, like un and une, which translate to "a".
Some nouns are easy to tell if they are masculine or feminine, like le garcon (the boy) or la fille (the girl). Most are not and so you must either just memorize them or figure out mind tricks. For example, almost all drinks are masculine, like le jus (the juice) or le vin (the wine). The exception is la biere (the beer). I like to think it's because beers are special in that you must treat it like a lady..
2007-03-05 07:33:23 · answer #2 · answered by Sam 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
La implies they are feminine words while Le implies trhey are masculine. Just as we do in English, in French some nouns are assumed to be either male or female. Like mother earth, father time, etc. You'll generally find that clusters of words are either La or Le.
2007-03-05 07:25:33 · answer #3 · answered by S2k4 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some are masculine ("le") and others are feminine ("la") in form. You just have to learn them, each and every one of them. There are no short cuts.
2007-03-05 07:18:50 · answer #4 · answered by Doethineb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is really no rule. You just have to learn them. Some feminine words in French are masculine in Spanish, and vice versa.
2007-03-05 07:19:15 · answer #5 · answered by Mr Ed 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nouns in other languages have genders....the only thing you can do is to learn them....there is usually no reason for the gender so you just have to learn them with the nouns....good luck
2007-03-05 07:23:22 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋