Masculine

Singular Nouns

Here are some common masculine noun endings that will help you to know that the noun needs 'le' or 'un' before it. There are a few exceptions to every ending.

Masculine

Nouns ending in b, c, cle, d, k, l, m, oir and p are usually masculine, but there are not that many of them in French.
- Le miel - the honey.
- Le dab - the dab.
Nouns that also come from English, ending in 'ing' and 'isme', are masculine.
- Le jogging - jogging.
- Le sexisme - sexism.

Nouns ending in 'age'

Nouns that end in 'age' are usually masculine.
- Le village - the village.
- Le fromage 🧀 - the cheese.
- Le garage - the garage.
But there are lots of exceptions to this rule:
- la plage - the beach.
- la nage - swimming.
- La cage - cage.

Nouns ending in 'ment'

Le gouvernement - the government.
Un appartement -a flat.
Le commencement the beginning.
There is one exception to this rule:
- La jument - the mare.

Nouns that end in 'é'

'é':
- Le café ☕ - the coffee.
- Le marché - the market.
- Le supermarché - the supermarket.
The exceptions are:
- La clé 🔑 - the key
- La psyché - psyche

Nouns that end in 'eau'

Le bateau 🛥️ - the boat.
Le manteau - the coat.
Le chapeau 🎩 - the hat
- There are two important exceptions:
La peau - skin
L'eau - water.

Nouns ending in 'in'

Le vin 🍷 - the wine.
Le magasin - the shop.
Le jardin - the garden.
Le chemin - the road, way.
- An exception is:
  - La fin - the end.

Singular Nouns

Here are some common masculine noun endings that will help you to know that the noun needs 'le' or 'un' before it. There are a few exceptions to every ending.

Nouns ending in 'on'

Le salon - the living room.
Le poisson 🐟 - the fish.
Le garçon - the boy.
- But there are two very common exceptions:
  - La maison 🏠 - the house.
  - La boisson🥤 - the drink.

Nouns ending in 'ier' and 'er'

'ier':
- le fermier - the farmer.
- l’épicier -a grocer.
- Le cahier the notebook.
'Er':
- Le boucher - the butcher.
- Le boulanger - the baker
A lot of professions, when talking about men, end in 'ier' or 'er'.

Nouns that end in 'eur'

L'aspirateur - the vaccum cleaner.
L'ascenseur - the lift.
Le chauffeur - the chauffeur.
The exceptions are:
- La douleur - the pain.
- La chaleur - the heat.

Nouns that end in 'oir'

Le miroir - the mirror.
Le devoir - the duty, homework.
Le pouvoir - the power.

1Home & Abroad

1.1Town & Rural Life

1.1.1Town

1.1.2What, Which, Where?

1.1.3What is There in Your Region?

1.1.4Places in the Town

1.1.5Things To Do

1.2Holiday, Tourism & Directions

1.2.1Countries

1.2.2Holidays

1.2.3Going on Holiday

1.2.4Tourism

1.2.5Food

1.2.6Eating Out

1.2.7Opinions on Food

1.2.8Directions (1/2)

1.2.9Directions (2/2)

1.2.10Exam-Style Questions - Holidays

1.3Customs

1.3.1Festivals & Customs

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1.4Everyday Life & Traditions

1.4.1Greetings

2Education & Employment

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2.1.1Subjects (1/2)

2.1.2Subjects (2/2)

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2.2School Trips, Events & Exchanges

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2.3Future Plans & Work

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2.3.2Jobs (1/2)

2.3.3Jobs (2/2)

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3.3Family & Friends

3.3.1Describing Yourself

3.3.2Physical Appearance

3.3.3Personality

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3.3.5Opinions on Friends

3.3.6Relationships

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3.3.8Other Family Members

3.3.9Role Model

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3.3.11Exam-Style Questions - Family

4The World Around Us

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4.1.6Social Issues

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4.2.1Good Weather

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5Social Activities, Fitness & Health

6Common Tenses

6.1Present Tense

6.1.1Regular ER Verbs

6.1.2Regular IR Verbs

6.1.3Regular RE Verbs

6.1.4Reflexive Verbs

6.1.5Irregular ER Verbs (1/2)

6.1.6Irregular ER Verbs (2/2)

6.1.7Irregular IR Verbs (1/2)

6.1.8Irregular IR Verbs (2/2)

6.1.9Irregular RE Verbs (1/3)

6.1.10Irregular RE Verbs (2/3)

6.1.11Irregular RE Verbs (3/3)

6.1.12Present Participle (1/2)

6.1.13Present Participle (2/2)

6.1.14Irregular Present Participles

6.1.15Avoir & Etre

6.2Perfect Tense

6.2.1Avoir (1/2)

6.2.2Avoir (2/2)

6.2.3Irregular Past Participles (1/2)

6.2.4Irregular Past Participles (2/2)

6.2.5Être ER Verbs

6.2.6Être IR & RE Verbs

6.2.7Irregular Être

6.2.8Perfect Infinitive

6.3Imperfect tense

6.3.1Regular ER Verbs

6.3.2Regular IR Verbs

6.3.3Regular RE Verbs

6.3.4Irregular ER Verbs

6.3.5Irregular IR Verbs

6.3.6Irregular RE Verbs

6.3.7Être

6.4Imperfect vs Perfect

6.4.1Which One to Use?

6.5Future Tense

6.5.1Regular ER Verbs

6.5.2Regular IR Verbs

6.5.3Regular RE Verbs

6.5.4Immediate future

6.5.5Irregulars (1/2)

6.5.6Irregulars (2/2)

7Advanced Tenses

7.1Conditional Tense

7.1.1Regular ER Verbs

7.1.2Regular IR Verbs

7.1.3Regular IR Verbs

7.1.4Irregulars (1/2)

7.1.5Irregulars (2/2)

7.2Pluperfect Tense

7.2.1Avoir (1/2)

7.2.2Avoir (2/2)

7.2.3Être ER

7.2.4Être IR & RE

7.2.5Irregular Être

7.3Present Subjunctive

7.3.1Regular Verbs (1/2)

7.3.2Regular Verbs (2/2)

7.3.3Irregulars (1/2)

7.3.4Irregulars (2/2)

7.3.5Using the Subjunctive

7.3.6Imperative

8Extra Grammar

8.1The Passive Voice

8.1.1Être (1/6)

8.1.2Être (2/6)

8.1.3Être (3/6)

8.1.4Être (4/6)

8.1.5Être (5/6)

8.1.6Être (6/6)

8.1.7Avoiding the Passive

8.2Pronouns

8.2.1Personal Pronouns (1/2)

8.2.2Personal Pronouns (2/2)

8.2.3Reflexive Pronouns

8.2.4Indefinite Pronouns

8.2.5Emphatic Pronouns

8.2.6Relative Pronouns

8.2.7Ça, Cela, Celui

8.2.8Demonstrative Pronouns

8.2.9Possessive Pronouns

8.3Asking Questions

8.3.1Question Words (1/2)

8.3.2Question Words (2/2)

8.4Nouns

8.4.1The, A

8.4.2Some

8.4.3Masculine

8.4.4Feminine (1/2)

8.4.5Feminine (2/2)

8.4.6Plurals

8.4.7Irregular Plurals

8.5Prepositions

8.5.1Prepositions (1/3)

8.5.2Prepositions (2/3)

8.5.3Prepositions (3/3)

8.5.4Phrases

8.6Adverbs

8.6.1Forming an Adverb

8.6.2Good, Badly, Fast

8.7Quantifiers & Intensifiers

8.7.1A Lot, Enough, Very

8.8Adjectives

8.8.1Agreement (1/3)

8.8.2Agreement (2/3)

8.8.3Agreement (3/3)

8.8.4Position (1/2)

8.8.5Position (2/2)

8.8.6Comparative

8.8.7Superlative

8.8.8Good, Better, Best

8.8.9Demonstrative

8.8.10Indefinite

8.9Negative

8.9.1Negatives (1/2)

8.9.2Negatives (2/2)

8.10Conjunctions

8.10.1To Make Sentences Longer

8.10.2To Add Extra Information

8.11Miscellaneous

8.11.1Abbreviations

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