French Language Tips

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rabbit · #1 Post by **rabbit** » Thu Nov 03, 2022 10:31 am

I thought I’d start a thread on tips on speaking French. The idea is a list of rules of thumb that help. Only one tip per reply and here are two to get started

Hotrodder · #2 Post by **Hotrodder** » Thu Nov 03, 2022 10:37 am

rabbit · #3 Post by **rabbit** » Thu Nov 03, 2022 10:38 am

Connaître vs savoir
Having problems when to use ?
Tip: connaître is followed by a noun

rabbit · #4 Post by **rabbit** » Thu Nov 03, 2022 10:41 am

Tip: words in French that end in “tion” are feminine and are usually the same meaning as their English equivalent (but not always)
There are about 150 equivalents

Blaze · #5 Post by **Blaze** » Thu Nov 03, 2022 10:49 am

Words ending "...age" are masculine except :
La plage, image, nage, page, rage, cage, saxifrage (and possibly some other plants !)

MAD87 · #6 Post by **MAD87** » Thu Nov 03, 2022 12:05 pm

Words ending in -ment are masculine (can't think of any exceptions).

Hotrodder · #7 Post by **Hotrodder** » Thu Nov 03, 2022 5:54 pm

Wot, no trans words?

niemeyjt · #8 Post by **niemeyjt** » Thu Nov 03, 2022 6:14 pm

We have gender-neutral words on the other side of the Rostigarben.

rabbit · #9 Post by **rabbit** » Fri Nov 04, 2022 9:49 am

niemeyjt wrote: ↑Thu Nov 03, 2022 6:14 pm We have gender-neutral words on the other side of the Rostigarben.

das is true

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