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Language notes |
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le,
la, l'..., les |
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le bonjour
the
greeting
l'analyste
financier (masculine)
the financial analyst
la
presse
the
press
l'agence
immobilière (feminine)
the estate agent's
les relations avec
les clients (plural)
customer care (literally 'the relationships with the
customers').
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client
the
customer (male) |
les |
clients
(plural) |
| l' |
analyste financier
(male)
the financial analyst |
analystes financiers
(plural)
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| la |
cliente
the customer (female)
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clientes
(plural) |
| l' |
agence
immobilière
(feminine)
the estate agent's |
agences
immobilières
(plural)
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In French all nouns are
either masculine or feminine; this is referred to as 'gender'. the masculine
word for 'the' is le or
l'... before a vowel; the feminine is
la or l'... before a vowel. All become
les in the plural.
Apart from the nouns with a 'natural' or obvious gender, eg:
le monsieur, la dame, the best way to remember is to learn the
gender of each new noun as you come across it.
As a very rough guide,
there is a fair chance that a word ending in the written form with 'e'
will be feminine, eg: la
banque.
Note
that:
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les (plural) applies to both masculine and feminine,
eg:
les clients, les
clientes. The s is silent
unless the next word starts with a vowel.
- A few nouns
designating people use the same form for men and women, eg:
le,
la propriétaire; le, la responsable du marketing; le,
la comptable; le, la collègue;
l'analyste.
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