French Grammar Nouns #1

  • Nouns refering to people and how they change
  • Plural forms of nouns
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  • Created by: kudzi.c
  • Created on: 08-11-14 21:05

Unchanging Nouns

Some nouns don't change whether they're referring to men or women.

Le bébé - baby

La vedette - star

La personne - person

La victime - victim/casualty

Le témoin - witness

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Occupations

Most names for occupations are always masculine, regardless of who's doing the job.

Un chauffeur

Un médecin 

Un prodesseur

Un ungénieur 

Others can be both genders with the same spellings.

un/une artiste

un/une journaliste

un/une dentiste

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Occupations 2

Some occupations have different masculine and feminine forms.

er - ère

ien - ienne

teur - trice

eur - euse

Examples 

un infirmier - une infirmière

un musicien - une musicienne

un directeur - une directrice

un serveur - une serveuse 

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