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Feminine Singular Nouns

Here are some common feminine noun endings that will help you to know that the noun needs 'la' or 'une' before it. Generally, most feminine nouns end in 'e'. There are a few exceptions to every ending.

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Nouns ending in 'e + double consonant (e.g. ll) + e'

  • La femme - the women.
  • La terre - the earth.
  • La chaussette - the sock.
  • La tristesse - the sadness.
    • There is only one exception:
      • Le squelette - the skeleton.
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Nouns ending in 'ace'

  • La face - the front.
  • La glace 🍦 - the ice cream .
  • La place - the square, the seat.
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Nouns that end in 'tion'

  • La situation - the situation.
  • La nation - the nation.
  • L'éducation - the education.
  • La question - the question
  • There are a lot of words in French that end in 'tion' and only one exception:
    • Le bastion - the bastion, stronghold.
    • Be careful with words that just end in ion. These are usually masculine.
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Nouns that end in 'sion'

  • La passion - the passion.
  • La répression - the represion.
  • L'émission - the program.
  • La pression - the pressure.
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Nouns that end in 'ie'

  • L'éclaircie - bright spell.
  • La pluie - the rain.
  • La sortie - the exit.
  • La soie - the silk.
  • La vie - life.

Feminine Singular Nouns

Here are some common feminine noun endings that will help you to know that the noun needs 'la' or 'une' before it. Generally, most feminine nouns end in 'e'. There are a few exceptions to every ending.

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Nouns ending in 'ence'

  • La patience - patience.
  • La conscience - conscience.
  • L'agence - the agency.
  • L'essence - petrol.
    • There is only one exception:
      • Le silence - the silence.
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Nouns ending in 'ance'

  • La chance - luck.
  • La naissance - birth.
  • La connaissance - knowledge.
  • Les vacances - holiday
    • Although it has an 's' 'danse' in French is feminine.
      • La danse - the danse
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Nouns that end in 'ée'

  • L'idée - the idea.
  • L'année - the year.
  • La journée - the day.
  • L'entrée - the entry.
  • There are two common exceptions:
    • Le lycée - the school.
    • Le musée - the museum.
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Nouns that end in 'aine'

  • 'aine':
    • Une quinzaine - a fortnight.
    • Une centaine - a hundred.
    • Une douzaine - a dozen.
    • Une semaine - a week.
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Nouns that end in 'ine'

  • 'ine':
    • La cousine - cousin.
    • La poitrine - chest.
    • La peine - the bother.
    • La piscine - the pool.
  • An exception is:
    • Un magazine - a magazine.
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Nouns that end in 'que'

  • La musique - the music.
  • La bibliothèque - the library.
  • L'informatique - IT.
    • Some exceptions are:
      • Le risque - the risk.
      • Le plastique - plastic.

Feminine Singular Nouns

Here are some common feminine noun endings that will help you to know that the noun needs 'la' or 'une' before it. Generally, most feminine nouns end in 'e'. There are a few exceptions to every ending.

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Nouns ending in 'ure'

  • La chaussure - the shoe.
  • La blessure - the wound.
  • La nourriture - the food.
  • La pointure - the size (shoe).
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Nouns ending in 'rice'

  • 'rice' is a common ending for jobs that are held by women.
    • L'institutrice - female primary school teacher.
    • La traductrice - female translator.
    • L'actrice - actress.
    • La directrice - the head teacher
  • An exception is:
    • Le dentifrice - the toothpaste.
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Nouns that end in 'ère'

  • La bière - the beer.
  • La mère - the mother.
  • La manière - the way.
  • La boulangère - the female baker.
  • There are two common exceptions:
    • Le père - the father.
    • Le frère - the brother.
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Nouns that end in 'tude'

  • L'habitude - the habit.
  • L'étude - the study.
  • La solitude - solitude.
  • La gratitude - gratitude.

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4Common Tenses

4.1Present Tense

4.1.1Regular ER Verbs

4.1.25 Common ER Verbs

4.1.3Regular IR Verbs

4.1.45 Common IR Verbs

4.1.5Regular RE Verbs

4.1.65 Common RE Verbs

4.1.7Reflexive Verbs

4.1.8Irregular ER Verbs - Aller

4.1.9Stem-Changing Verbs

4.1.10Irregular IR Verbs Like 'Partir'

4.1.11Irregular IR Verbs That End in 'vrir'

4.1.12Irregular IR Verbs That End in 'enir'

4.1.13Irregular IR Verbs With No Pattern

4.1.14Modal Irregular IR Verbs

4.1.15Irregular RE Verbs

4.1.16Irregular RE Verbs With No Pattern

4.1.17ER Present Participles

4.1.18IR Present Participle

4.1.19RE Present Participle

4.1.20Irregular Present Participles

4.1.21Avoir

4.1.22Être

4.2Perfect Tense

4.2.1Perfect Tense - Regular ER Verbs

4.2.2Perfect Tense - Regular IR Verbs

4.2.3Perfect Tense - Regular RE Verbs

4.2.4Irregular Past Participles

4.2.5Irregular Past Participles 2

4.2.6Être ER Verbs

4.2.7Être IR Verbs

4.2.8Être RE Verbs

4.2.9Irregular Être - 'Venir'

4.2.10Irregular Être - 'Naître' & 'Mourir'

4.2.11Perfect Infinitive - Using Avoir

4.2.12Perfect Infinitive - Using Être

4.3Imperfect Tense

4.3.1Imperfect Tense - Regular ER Verbs

4.3.2Imperfect Tense - 5 Common ER Verbs

4.3.3Imperfect Tense - Regular IR Verbs

4.3.4Imperfect Tense - 5 Common IR Verbs

4.3.5Imperfect Tense - Regular RE Verbs

4.3.6Imperfect Tense - 5 Common RE Verbs

4.3.7Imperfect Tense - Irregular ER Verbs

4.3.8Imperfect Tense - Irregular IR Verbs

4.3.9Imperfect Tense - Irregular RE Verbs

4.3.10Imperfect Tense - Être

4.4Imperfect vs Perfect

4.4.1Which One to Use?

4.5Future Tense

4.5.1Future Tense - Regular ER Verbs

4.5.2Future Tense - 5 Common ER Verbs

4.5.3Future Tense - Regular IR Verbs

4.5.4Future Tense - 5 Common IR Verbs

4.5.5Future Tense - Regular RE Verbs

4.5.6Future Tense - 5 Common RE Verbs

4.5.7Immediate Future

4.5.8Future Tense - Irregulars

5Advanced Tenses

5.1Conditional Tense

5.1.1Conditional Tense - Regular ER Verbs

5.1.2Conditional Tense - 5 Common ER Verbs

5.1.3Conditional Tense - Regular IR Verbs

5.1.4Conditional Tense - 5 Common IR Verbs

5.1.5Conditional Tense - Regular RE Verbs

5.1.6Conditional Tense - 5 Common RE Verbs

5.1.7Conditional Tense - Irregulars

5.2Pluperfect Tense

5.2.1Pluperfect Tense - Regular ER Verbs

5.2.2Pluperfect Tense - Regular IR Verbs

5.2.3Pluperfect Tense - Regular RE Verbs

5.2.4Pluperfect Tense - Être ER

5.2.5Pluperfect Tense - Être IR & RE

5.2.6Pluperfect Tense - Irregular Être

5.3Present Subjunctive

5.3.1Present Subjunctive - Regular ER Verbs

5.3.2Present Subjunctive - Regular IR Verbs

5.3.3Present Subjunctive - Regular RE Verbs

5.3.4Present Subjunctive - Two-Stem Irregulars

5.3.5Present Subjunctive - Complete Irregulars

5.3.6Present Subjunctive - Using the Subjunctive

5.3.7Present Subjunctive - Imperative

6Extra Grammar

6.1The Passive Voice

6.1.1Present Passive Voice

6.1.2Perfect Passive Voice

6.1.3Future Passive Voice

6.1.4Imperfect Passive Voice

6.1.5Avoiding the Passive

6.1.6Making the Passive Active

6.2Pronouns

6.2.1Subject Pronouns

6.2.2Direct Object Pronouns

6.2.3Indirect Object Pronouns

6.2.4Reflexive Pronouns

6.2.5Indefinite Pronouns

6.2.6'Y' & 'En'

6.2.7Me, Him, Them

6.2.8Stressed Pronouns

6.2.9Relative Pronouns

6.2.10'Ça' & 'cela'

6.2.11'Celui'

6.2.12Possessive Pronouns

6.3Asking Questions

6.3.1What, Which, Where?

6.3.2How, When?

6.3.3'Est-ce que...'

6.4Nouns

6.4.1The, A

6.4.2Some, Any

6.4.3Masculine

6.4.4Feminine

6.4.5Masculine Plurals

6.4.6Feminine Plurals

6.4.7Irregular Plurals

6.5Prepositions

6.5.1In, To, Of

6.5.2Verbs That Use 'A' or 'De'

6.5.3For

6.5.4Other Prepositions

6.5.5Locational Prepositions

6.5.6More Prepositions

6.5.7Prepositional Phrases

6.6Adverbs

6.6.1Adding 'ment'

6.6.2Exceptions

6.6.3Good, Badly, Fast

6.7Quantifiers & Intensifiers

6.7.1A Lot, Less, More

6.7.2Less and Less

6.8Adjectives

6.8.1Adjectives Must Agree

6.8.2Irregular Agreements

6.8.3No Pattern Irregulars

6.8.4Position of Adjectives: After the Noun

6.8.5Position of Adjectives: Before the Noun

6.8.6Position of Adjectives: Changing Meanings

6.8.7Comparative Adjectives

6.8.8Superlative Adjectives

6.8.9Good, Better, Best

6.8.10Demonstrative Adjectives

6.8.11Indefinite Adjectives

6.9Negative

6.9.1'Ne...pas'

6.9.2Other Negatives

6.9.3Two Verbs

6.9.4Infinitives

6.10Conjunctions

6.10.1But, And

6.10.2Then, So

6.10.3Because, While

6.10.4However, For Example

6.10.5Abbreviations

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